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UK Risk Register Details for Metcalfa pruinosa

This record was last updated on 24/09/2024

Common Names

  • citrus flatid planthopper

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Hitchhiking
  • Natural spread

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Though imports of some hosts from outside of Europe are prohibited, their import is not prohibited from Europe where the pest is present.

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

Proposed Actions

Proposed Actions

Regulation

Deregulation

Management By Industry

Targeted Survey

PRA

Contingency Plan

Publicity

Research

Distribution and Pest Details

Distribution

Country / Territory Status Notes
Europe
Albania Present
Austria Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Czech Republic Present
France Present
Germany Present
Greece Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Montenegro Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Russia Present
Serbia Present
Slovakia Present
Slovenia Present
Spain Present
Switzerland Present
Ukraine Present
North America
Canada Present
Mexico Present
United States Present
Asia
Azerbaijan Present
Georgia Present
South Korea Present
Central America
Bermuda Present
Cuba Present
Jamaica Present
Puerto Rico Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hemiptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Viticulture, orchards and ornamental nurseries

Major Hosts

  • Capsicum L.
  • Crataegus L.
  • Cucumis L.
  • Diospyros L.
  • Fragaria L.
  • Fraxinus L.
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Ilex L.
  • Juniperus L.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Ocimum basilicum L.
  • Olea L
  • Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman Ex A. W. Hill
  • Phaseolus L.
  • Platanus L.
  • Populus L.
  • Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
  • Prunus sp. (ornamental)
  • Pyrus L.
  • Quercus L.
  • Rosa L.
  • Rubus L.
  • Sorbus L.
  • Thuja L.
  • Vitis L.
  • Citrus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

No

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action

General Comments

Polyphagous pest with reported impacts on aesthetics and quality in grapevine, fruit trees and ornamentals. there are uncertainties surrounding establishment potential and the level of impacts likely to be seen in the UK.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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