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UK Risk Register Details for Euzophera semifuneralis

This record was last updated on 03/05/2023

Common Names

  • American plum borer

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
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Non-squared wood
  • Bark
  • Roundwood of oak with bark present

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain).

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 36

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
Türkiye Present
United Kingdom Absent
North America
Canada Present
Mexico Present
United States Present
South America
Colombia Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Lepidoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Rosaceae fruit trees (Prunus, Malus, Pyrus)

Major Hosts

  • Carya Nutt.
  • Carya illinoinensis K.Koch
  • Diospyros virginiana L.
  • Ginkgo biloba L.
  • Juglans microcarpa Berlandier
  • Juglans nigra L.
  • Liquidambar styraciflua L.
  • Malus Mill.
  • Malus domestica Borkhausen
  • Morus L.
  • Morus alba L.
  • Olea europaea Linnaeus
  • Platanus occidentalis L.
  • Platanus x acerifolia (Aiton) Willdenow
  • Populus L.
  • Prunus L.
  • Prunus armeniaca L.
  • Prunus avium L.
  • Prunus cerasus L.
  • Prunus domestica L.
  • Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb
  • Prunus persica Batsch
  • Punica granatum L.
  • Pyrus communis L.
  • Quercus palustris Muenchh./Du Roi
  • Quercus virginiana Mill.
  • Salix L.
  • Sorbus americana Marsh.
  • Tilia L.
  • Ulmus L.
  • Zea mays L.
  • Gossypium hirsutum

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • N/A

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain).

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

Moth pest of Prunus, native to North America, which would be damaging if introduced to the UK. Statutory action would be taken against any interceptions and a PRA will help better assess the level of risk to the UK.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Pest status on particular hosts and changing harvesting practices in UK orchards.

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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