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UK Risk Register Details for Ceratothripoides claratris

This record was last updated on 24/05/2022

Common Names

  • Oriental tomato thrips

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)
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland).

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

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
Africa
Kenya Present
Tanzania Present
Uganda Present
Asia
China Present
India Present
Philippines Present
Thailand Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Thysanoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Protected cultivation

Major Hosts

  • Capsicum L.
  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai
  • Clitoria ternatea (= ternata) L.
  • Cucumis melo L.
  • Cucumis sativus L.
  • Cucurbita moschata Duch. Ex Poir.
  • Lactuca sativa L.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Momordica charantia L.
  • Nicotiana tabacum L.
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L.
  • Pisum sativum Linnaeus
  • Solanum melongena L.
  • Vigna unguiculata (Linnaeus) Walpers
  • Solanaceae (family)
  • Cucurbitaceae (family)
  • Fabaceae (family)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

EPPO (2017)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain). Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland). EPPO Alert

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Thrips present in parts of Asia and East Africa, where it can cause damage to solanaceous crops.

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