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UK Risk Register Details for Petrakia liobae

Please note: there are high levels of uncertainty associated with the risk scores for this pest.

This record was last updated on 08/06/2022

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)

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 8
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 40

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
France Present Pyrenees
United Kingdom Absent
Austria Present
Germany Present
Slovakia Present
Slovenia Present
Switzerland Present

Type of Pest

  • Fungus

Host or Industry at Risk

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Fagus

Major Hosts

  • Carpinus betulus L.
  • Fagus sylvatica ssp. orientalis L.
  • Fagus sylvatica L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

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Action

Statutory action on plants for planting / plants recently planted

General Comments

Fungal pathogen of beech. Recently identified in a number of European countries. Some uncertainty over impacts. A survey will help to determine if the pest is already present but undetected.

Further Information

Uncertainty

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Key uncertainty for pest

Uncertainties include the current level of European imports and impacts on the host’s health.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

Risk Records for this Pest