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UK Risk Register Details for Chrysodeixis includens

This record was last updated on 08/06/2023

Common Names

  • Soybean looper

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)

Common Pathways

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

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 5
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

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] 2
Spread [1 - 5] 5
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 6
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 30

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
Canada Present
United States Present
South America
Argentina Present
Bolivia Present
Brazil Present
Chile Present
Colombia Present
Ecuador Present
Guyana Present
Peru Present
Venezuela Present
Central America
Bermuda Present
Costa Rica Present
Honduras Present
Nicaragua Present
Cuba Present
Puerto Rico Present
Martinique Present
Guadeloupe Present
Saint Kitts and Nevis Present
Saint Lucia Present
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Present
Jamaica Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Lepidoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Protected crops

Major Hosts

  • Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
  • Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp./Huth
  • Daucus carota L.
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Gossypium L.
  • Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir./Lam.
  • Lactuca sativa var. crispa L.
  • Lycopersicon esculentum direct seeded tomato Mill.,
  • Phaseolus L.
  • Saccharum officinarum L.
  • Sorghum vulgare Pers.
  • Zea mays L.
  • Brassicaceae (family)
  • Cucurbitaceae (family)

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

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

Polyphagous moth, present in the Americas, with the potential to be damaging to UK glasshouse crops, particularly tomatoes

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