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UK Risk Register Details for Haplaxius crudus

This record was last updated on 28/11/2023

Common Names

  • American palm cixiid
  • Pallid cane leafhopper

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced with the pathogen

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)
  • Soil/growing medium

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 2
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 2
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 4

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 2
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 2
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 4

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
United Kingdom Absent
North America Present
Mexico Present
United States Present (Limited)
Central America
Cayman Islands Present
Cuba Present
Honduras Present
Jamaica Present
Guadeloupe Present (Limited) not widely distributed and under eradication.
Trinidad and Tobago Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hemiptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Arecaceae

Major Hosts

  • Cocos nucifera L.
  • Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers.
  • Poaceae (family)
  • Palmae
  • Paspalum notatum Fluegge
  • Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze
  • Arecaceae (family)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action on findings in Northern Ireland. No statutory action in Great Britain.

General Comments

Primarily a pest of coconut, but can also spread a disease that causes death of Phoenix palms. Unlikely to be introduced or be able to cause significant damage to the UK.

Risk Records for this Pest