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UK Risk Register Details for Zonosemata electa

This record was last updated on 12/12/2023

Common Names

  • Pepper, maggot

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 5
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] 5
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
Canada Present (Limited)
United States Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Diptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Outdoor Solanaceae

Major Hosts

  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Physalis longifolia Nutt.
  • Solanum aculeatissimum Jacq.
  • Solanum carolinense Linnaeus
  • Solanum melongena L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • N/A

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

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

General Comments

North American fruit fly pest of Capsicum and other solanaceous fruit. Impacts in field grown crops in the native range are sporadic, but can be locally severe. UK Capsicum are mostly grown in glasshouses, and this insect has not been recorded as a pest of protected crops. Therefore the overall risk to UK crops is considered to be low.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Suitability of the UK climate for establishment

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest