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UK Risk Register Details for Agrilus biguttatus

Common Names

  • Oak jewel beetle
  • Oak splendour beetle
  • Two -spot woodborer

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest spreads to maximum extent

Pathway Assessed for Entry to UK

  • show / hide

Common Pathways

  • show / hide
  • Plants for planting (except seeds bulbs and tubers)
  • Non-squared wood
  • Natural spread
  • Firewood

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 3
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

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

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

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
Estonia Present
Germany Present
France Present
Greece Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Netherlands Present
Poland Present
Switzerland Present
Czech Republic Present
Slovakia Present
Romania Present
Spain Present
Albania Present
Belarus Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Türkiye Present
Russia Present
Ukraine Present
Serbia Present
Republic of North Macedonia Present
Austria Present
Belgium Present
United Kingdom Present (Limited)
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Denmark Present
Africa
Algeria Present
Morocco Present
Asia
Syria Present
Iran Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Coleoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Quercus

Major Hosts

  • Quercus L.
  • Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.
  • Quercus robur L.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

PRA for Acute Oak Decline, UK (2014)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Native beetle attracted to stressed trees and which is one of the biotic factors contributing to Acute oak decline. Good silviculture practice can help to mitigate the decline in tree health.

Risk Records for this Pest