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UK Risk Register Details for Nipaecoccus viridis

This record was last updated on 10/07/2025

Common Names

  • karoo thorn mealybug
  • lebbeck mealybug

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide

Common Pathways

  • show / hide

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]

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

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]

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
United States Present
Oceania
Australia Present
Kiribati Present
New Caledonia Present
Papua New Guinea Present
Solomon Islands Present
Tuvalu Present
Africa
Algeria Present
Angola Present
Benin Present
Burkina Faso Present
Comoros Present
Cote d'Ivoire Present
Egypt Present
Eritrea Present
Kenya Present
Madagascar Present
Malawi Present
Mali Present
Mauritius Present
Niger Present
Nigeria Present
Reunion Present
Rwanda Present
Senegal Present
Seychelles Present
South Africa Present
Sudan Present
Tanzania Present
Togo Present
Uganda Present
Zambia Present
Zimbabwe Present
Asia
Afghanistan Present
Bangladesh Present
Bhutan Present
Cambodia Present
China Present
Hong Kong Present
India Present
Indonesia Present
Iran Present
Iraq Present
Israel Present
Japan Present
Laos Present
Malaysia Present
Myanmar Present
Nepal Present
Oman Present
Pakistan Present
Philippines Present
Saudi Arabia Present
Singapore Present
Sri Lanka Present
Taiwan Present
Thailand Present
Vietnam Present

Type of Pest

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Major Hosts

  • Abrus precatorius L.
  • Acacia karroo Hayne
  • Acacia modesta Wall.
  • Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. Ex Del.
  • Acalypha L.
  • Acanthus ilicifolius L.
  • Albizia lebbek (= lebbeck) (L.) Benth.
  • Alhagi maurorum Medik./Desv.
  • Annona muricata L.
  • Annona reticulata L.
  • Arachis hypogaea L.
  • Asparagus officinalis L.
  • Averrhoa carambola L.
  • Breynia J.R. & G.Forst.
  • Cajanus Dc.
  • Camellia sinensis (L.) O.Kuntze
  • Campsis grandiflora (Thunb.) K.Schum.
  • Casuarina equisetifolia L. Ex J.R. & G.Forst.
  • Cestrum nocturnum L.
  • Cicer arietinum L.
  • Citrus aurantifolia (Christmann & Panzer) Swingle
  • Citrus x aurantium Linnaeus
  • Citrus limon (Linnaeus) N.L.Burman
  • Citrus maxima (Burman) Merrill
  • Citrus medica Linnaeus
  • Citrus paradisi Macfadyen
  • Citrus reticulata Blanco (S. S.)
  • Citrus sinensis (Linnaeus) Osbeck
  • Citrus x limonia Osbeck
  • Clerodendrum Burm. Ex L.
  • Cocos nucifera L.
  • Coffea arabica L.
  • Coffea liberica Bull Ex Hiern
  • Corchorus capsularis L.
  • Cuscuta L.
  • Datura stramonium L.
  • Desmodium Desv.
  • Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindl.
  • Erythrina L.
  • Euphorbia hirta L.
  • Ficus benghalensis L.
  • Ficus carica L.
  • Flacourtia inermis Roxb.
  • Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
  • Glochidion J.R.& G.Forst.
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Gossypium herbaceum L.
  • Gossypium hirsutum L.
  • Grevillea robusta A.Cunn. Ex R.Br.
  • Hibiscus manihot L.
  • Hygrophila R.Br.
  • Ixora L.
  • Jacaranda mimosifolia (= mimosaefolia) D.Don
  • Jatropha curcas L.
  • Leucaena Benth.
  • Leucas aspera (Willd.) Spreng./Link
  • Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Mangifera indica L.
  • Morus alba L.
  • Morus nigra L.
  • Nerium oleander L.
  • Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L.
  • Ocimum L.
  • Parthenium hysterophorus Linnaeus
  • Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees
  • Persea americana Mill.
  • Phyllanthus L.
  • Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm.
  • Pinus L.
  • Plumeria L.
  • Portulaca grandiflora Hook.
  • Psidium guajava L.
  • Punica granatum L.
  • Sanchezia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Sida L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv.
  • Streblus asper (Retz.) Lour.
  • Tamarindus indica L.
  • Tamarix L.
  • Tephrosia Pers.
  • Thespesia populnea (L.) Soland. Ex Correa
  • Vigna Savi
  • Vitex L.
  • Vitis vinifera L.
  • Ziziphus jujuba Mill.
  • Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
  • Ziziphus spina-christi var. spina-christi (L.) Desf.
  • Alcea rosea L.
  • Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Northern Ireland: EU 2025/1082 derogation on Calibrachoa and Petunia from Kenya

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No current Actions Indicated

General Comments

The Risk Register entry for this pest is extremely incomplete and it cannot be compared with other pests on the Risk Register at the current time. As this pest is listed in the legislation, we are making available the information we have gathered on the pest so far. We will add new information to this pest entry in due course.

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