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UK Risk Register Details for Stereonychus fraxini

Please note: there are high levels of uncertainty associated with the risk scores for this pest.

This record was last updated on 22/06/2022

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)
  • Bark

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
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] 3
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
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Croatia Present
France Present
Germany Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Moldova Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Serbia Present
United Kingdom Absent
Türkiye Present
Africa Present (Limited) North Africa, but no country lists available
Asia Present (Limited) Asia Minor, but no country lists available

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Fraxinus

Major Hosts

  • Fraxinus angustifolia ssp. angustifolia Vahl
  • Fraxinus excelsior L.
  • Olea europaea Linnaeus
  • Phillyrea latifolia L.
  • Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action but maintain a watching brief.

General Comments

Weevil pest of ash that is damaging in southern Europe, and unknown potential impact if it reaches the UK.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Full distribution and ability to spread.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest