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UK Risk Register Details for Ptilona confinis

This record was last updated on 05/12/2023

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)
  • Fruits or vegetables

Common Pathways

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  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

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

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

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

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
Asia
Bangladesh Present
China Present
India Present
Laos Present
Malaysia Present
Myanmar Present
Philippines Present
Taiwan Present
Thailand Present
Vietnam Present
Bhutan Present
Brunei Present
Cambodia Present
Indonesia Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Diptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

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Major Hosts

  • Bambusa vulgaris Schrad.
  • Dendrocalamus asper (Schult.) Backer Ex Heyne
  • Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees
  • Gigantochloa scortechinii Gamble
  • Dendrocalamus membranaceus Munro
  • Schizostachyum grande Ridley

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Regulated quarantine pest (Northern Ireland)

Actions Indicated

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Action

Statutory action in Northern Ireland. No statutory action in Great Britain.

General Comments

South Asian fruit fly which feeds on bamboo shoots, with an apparent preference for wet and decaying material. Considered to be of little or no phytosanitary risk to the UK.

Risk Records for this Pest