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UK Risk Register Details for Platynota idaeusalis

This record was last updated on 08/06/2022

Common Names

  • Tufted apple bud moth

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)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

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 Absent
United Kingdom Absent
North America
United States Present (Limited)
Canada Present (Limited)

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Lepidoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Total outdoor production, broadleaved trees

Major Hosts

  • Acacia Miller
  • Acer L.
  • Amaranthus L.
  • Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.
  • Annona squamosa L.
  • Betula L.
  • Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp./Huth
  • Capsicum L.
  • Clematis L.
  • Cornus drummondii C.A.Mey.
  • Dianthus caryophyllus L.
  • Eupatorium L.
  • Fragaria L.
  • Fraxinus nigra Marsh.
  • Gossypium L.
  • Helianthemum Mill.
  • Helianthus L.
  • Hibiscus L.
  • Hypericum perforatum L.
  • Jasminum L.
  • Maclura pomifera (Rafin.) Schneid.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Musa x paradisiaca Linnaeus
  • Myrtus communis L.
  • Phaseolus L.
  • Pinus banksiana Lamb.
  • Piper L.
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Psidium guajava L.
  • Rhododendron L.
  • Rosa L.
  • Rubus L.
  • Salix L.
  • Solanum L.
  • Trifolium L.
  • Vaccinium L.
  • Vernonia noveboracensis (L.) Willd./Michx.
  • Viburnum prunifolium L.
  • Vitis L.
  • Citrus

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2014)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action. Maintain a watching brief.

General Comments

Polyphagous moth pest which causes impacts in areas warmer than the UK No imminent threat has been identified but the situation will be kept under review. The industry may wish to be aware.

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