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UK Risk Register Details for Orchidophilus spp.

This record was last updated on 03/05/2023

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)
  • Cut flowers or branches

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 2
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 24

Current Mitigations

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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] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 4
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 2
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
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
North America
United States Present (Limited)
Oceania
New Caledonia Present
Solomon Islands Unknown Species identification unverified
Papua New Guinea Present
Australia Present (Limited)
Asia
Japan Present
Indonesia Present
Malaysia Present
Singapore Present
Philippines Present
Taiwan Present
Thailand Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

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Orchidaceae

Major Hosts

  • Aerides Lour.
  • Angraecum Bory
  • Bulbophyllum Thou.
  • Catasetum (Kunth) L.C.Rich.
  • Cattleya Lindl.
  • Coelogyne Lindl.
  • Cymbidium Sw.
  • Cypripedium L.
  • Dendrobium Sw.
  • Epidendrum L.
  • Liparis L.C.Rich.
  • Oncidium Sw.
  • Paphiopedilum Pfitz.
  • Phalaenopsis Blume
  • Phalaenopsis amabilis (L.) Blume
  • Phalaenopsis schilleriana Reichb.F.
  • Renanthera Lour.
  • Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Blume
  • Spathoglottis Blume
  • Vanda Jones Ex R.Br.
  • Orchidaceae (family)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA not available

Regulation and EPPO listing

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Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain).

Actions Indicated

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Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

A weevil pest of orchids spreading in trade. Currently absent from the UK and unlikely to establish outdoors. Could cause severe damage to hosts growing in protected cultivation. A PRA will help to further assess the risk.

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