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UK Risk Register Details for Wiseana umbraculata

This record was last updated on 13/07/2022

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Soil/growing medium

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Bulbs or tubers
  • Soil/growing medium

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 2
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 10

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Prohibition of key pathway

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 2
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 10

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
Oceania
New Zealand Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Lepidoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Solanum tuberosum, Gramineae

Major Hosts

  • Carex virgata Soland. Ex Hook.F.
  • Gramineae Adans., Nom. Cons.
  • Medicago L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Trifolium L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (1995)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action but pest not specifically listed due to pathway prohibition.

General Comments

New Zealand moth pest whose larvae live underground, emerging after dark to eat leaves. Mainly affects pasture. The main pathway for entry to UK (potatoes) are already prohibited and little likelihood of introduction by other means.

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