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UK Risk Register Details for Agrilus convexicollis

Pest has been archived

This pest has been assessed for the Risk Register and is considered to pose a low risk to the UK. The information on this pest was correct as of 22/04/2020, but is no longer actively maintained. It will only be updated if new information is received which indicates the potential for a significant increase in risk to the UK.

This record was last updated on 22/04/2020

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

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  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Hitchhiking

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 20

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 4
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 20

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
Greece Present
Italy Present
Spain Present
France Present
Germany Present
Sweden Present
Belgium Present
Netherlands Present
Latvia Present
Lithuania Present
Estonia Present
Poland Present
Austria Present
Croatia Present
Slovenia Present
Bulgaria Present
Romania Present
Czech Republic Present
Slovakia Present
Hungary Present
Ukraine Present
Moldova Present
Serbia Present
Belarus Present
Türkiye Present
Republic of North Macedonia Present
Montenegro Present
Albania Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Asia
Armenia Present
Azerbaijan Present
Georgia Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Fraxinus

Major Hosts

  • Fraxinus L.
  • Fraxinus angustifolia ssp. oxycarpa Vahl (Bi. Wi.) Franco
  • Fraxinus excelsior L.
  • Fraxinus ornus L.
  • Ligustrum vulgare L.
  • Syringa vulgaris L.
  • Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2015)

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Jewel beetle, native to Europe, which feeds principally on recently dead shoots and branches of ash trees. Unlikely to cause significant impacts if introduced to the UK.