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UK Risk Register Details for Liriomyza chinensis

This record was last updated on 18/08/2021

Common Names

  • onion leaf miner

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Bulbs or tubers

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Bulbs or tubers

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 2
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

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
France Unknown
Asia
Bangladesh Present
China Present
Indonesia Present
Japan Present
Malaysia Present
South Korea Present
Singapore Present
Taiwan Present
Thailand Present
Vietnam Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Diptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Allium

Major Hosts

  • Allium ampeloprasum L.
  • Allium cepa L.
  • Allium chinense G.Don
  • Allium fistulosum L.
  • Allium porrum L.
  • Allium sativum L.
  • Allium tuberosum Rottler Ex Spreng.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Both protected crops and outdoor production

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action

General Comments

Leafmining fly pest of Allium species. Some uncertainty about its potential to survive in the UK.

Risk Records for this Pest