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UK Risk Register Details for Euplatypus parallelus

This record was last updated on 30/09/2021

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
  • Non-squared wood
  • Wood packaging material

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

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

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

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

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
North America
Mexico Present
United States Present
South America
Argentina Present
Brazil Present
Colombia Present
French Guiana Present
Guyana Present
Peru Present
Suriname Present
Venezuela Present
Oceania
Australia Present
Papua New Guinea Present
Africa
Angola Present
Cameroon Present
Congo (Democratic Rep.) Present
Cote d'Ivoire Present
Equatorial Guinea Present
Gabon Present
Ghana Present
Kenya Present
Madagascar Present
Nigeria Present
Sao Tome and Principe Present
Senegal Present
Seychelles Present
Sierra Leone Present
South Africa Present
Tanzania Present
Uganda Present
Asia
Malaysia Present
Singapore Present
Brunei Present
Cambodia Present
China Present
India Present
Indonesia Present
Laos Present
Saudi Arabia Present
Sri Lanka Present
Thailand Present
Central America
Dominica Present
Guatemala Present
Panama Present
Trinidad and Tobago Present
Barbados Present
Cayman Islands Present
Costa Rica Present
Cuba Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Broadleaved and coniferous trees

Major Hosts

  • Anacardium occidentale L.
  • Aspidosperma Mart. & Zucc.
  • Astronium graveolens Jacq./Rich.
  • Cecropia Loefl.
  • Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Ex Dc.
  • Eucalyptus L'Herit.
  • Ficus L.
  • Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. Ex A.Juss.) Muell.Arg.
  • Leguminosae
  • Mangifera indica L.
  • Metopium P.Br.
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Pinus L.
  • Pterocarpus indicus Willd.
  • Spondias purpurea L.
  • Euphorbiaceae (family)
  • Oleaceae (family)
  • Arecaceae (family)
  • Pinaceae (family)
  • Nyctaginaceae (family)
  • Polygonaceae (family)
  • Bignoniaceae (family) Juss., 1789

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved & Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

Turkey (2015)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Regulated quarantine pest (as Scolytidae spp. (non-European)

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action in line with legislation

General Comments

Regulated neotropcial ambrosia beetle which has now spread into many warmer parts of the world. Unlikely to be able to establish and cause damage in the UK.

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