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UK Risk Register Details for Neodiprion abietis

This record was last updated on 03/05/2023

Common Names

  • Balsam fir, sawfly
  • Spruce, sawfly

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)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Hitchhiking

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Hitchhiking

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 5
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 15
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 75

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

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
North America
Mexico Present (Limited) Chihuahua state.
Canada Present
United States Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hymenoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Abies, Picea

Major Hosts

  • Abies amabilis (Dougl. Ex Lood) Dougl. Ex Forbes
  • Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.
  • Abies concolor var. concolor (Gord. & Glend.)Lindl. Ex Hild.
  • Abies grandis (D.Don) Lindl.
  • Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.
  • Abies magnifica A.Murr.
  • Picea engelmannii Parry Ex Engelm.
  • Picea glauca (Moench) Voss
  • Picea mariana (Mill.) Britt., Sterns & Poggenb.
  • Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
  • Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (Mirbel) Franco

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Coniferous

Further Information

PRA Availability

Netherlands Quick Scan (2017)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain). EPPO Alert

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings

General Comments

North American pest of coniferous hosts which can lead to significant damage in outbreak years. Most pathways for entry are controlled by regulation but recently intercepted by the Netherlands on green plant material for floristry.

Further Information

Uncertainty

  • show / hide

Key uncertainty for pest

Suitability of UK hosts

Climate

Current distribution

Hosts

Impact

Pathways

Regulation

Taxonomy

UK distribution

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