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UK Risk Register Details for Aproceros leucopoda

This record was last updated on 16/09/2021

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest spreads to maximum extent

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Hitchhiking

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Plant parts and plant products:
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Hitchhiking
  • Natural spread

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 5
Spread [1 - 5] 5
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 5
Spread [1 - 5] 5
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 3
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

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
Lithuania Present
Latvia Present
Austria Present
Belgium Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Czech Republic Present
Estonia Present
France Present
Germany Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Moldova Present
Netherlands Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Russia Present
Serbia Present
Slovakia Present
Slovenia Present
Switzerland Present
Ukraine Present
United Kingdom Present (Unknown Distribution)
North America
United States Present
Canada Present
Asia
Kazakhstan Present
Russia Present
China Present
Japan Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hymenoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

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Ulmus

Major Hosts

  • Ulmus davidiana Planch.
  • Ulmus glabra Huds. em. Moss
  • Ulmus japonica (Rehd.) Sarg.
  • Ulmus laciniata (Trautv.) Mayr
  • Ulmus laevis Pall.
  • Ulmus macrocarpa Hance
  • Ulmus minor Mill. em. Richens
  • Ulmus plotii Druce
  • Ulmus pumila L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2017)

Regulation and EPPO listing

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(Formerly EPPO Alert)

Actions Indicated

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Action

No statutory action

General Comments

A sawfly pest of elms leading to sporadic defoliation in its native habitat and now present in Europe, including the UK. Given its potential spread by hitchhiking, exclusion and eradication are not feasible.

Further Information

Uncertainty

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Key uncertainty for pest

What impacts might be seen in the UK.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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