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UK Risk Register Details for Epicauta (Epicauta) adspersa

Pest has been archived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 The information on this pest was correct as of 16/07/2021, but is no longer actively maintained.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 16/07/2021

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)
  • Bulbs or tubers
  • Soil/growing medium

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

Current Mitigations

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Key mitigation for pest

Prohibition of key pathway

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 1
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 3
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 15

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
South America
Argentina Present
Brazil Present
Peru Present
Uruguay Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

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Solanum tuberosum

Major Hosts

  • Beta vulgaris L.
  • Capsicum L.
  • Carthamus tinctorius L.
  • Chenopodium quinoa Willd.
  • Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Velloso De Miranda) Morong
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Medicago sativa L.
  • Solanum L.
  • Prosopis

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (1996)

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

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Action

No statutory action

General Comments

South American blister beetle, affecting solanaceous crops which (as plants for planting) are prohibited from entering the UK.