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UK Risk Register Details for Tetropium gracilicorne

This record was last updated on 17/10/2024

Common Names

  • Fine-horned spruce borer

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Non-squared wood

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Non-squared wood
  • Wood packaging material

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

Requirements for the import of conifer wood

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

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
Asia
North Korea Present
Russia Present
China Present
Japan Present
Kazakhstan Present
Mongolia Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Forestry

Major Hosts

  • Abies Miller
  • Abies nephrolepis (Trautv.) Maxim.
  • Larix Mill.
  • Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carriere
  • Larix sibirica (Muenchh.) Ledeb.
  • Picea A.Dietr.
  • Picea jezoensis var. jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr.
  • Pinus L.
  • Pinus koraiensis Sieb. & Zucc.
  • Pinus sibirica Du Tour
  • Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus
  • Larix gmelinii

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

EPPO (2002), UK (2015)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

EPPO A2

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against interceptions

General Comments

Longhorn beetle pest of larch attacking mainly already stressed trees. Similar to already naturalised species (T. gabrieli). Statutory action would be taken on a precautionary basis in the event of interceptions.

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