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UK Risk Register Details for Trialeurodes abutiloneus

This record was last updated on 08/06/2023

Common Names

  • Banded-winged whitefly

Scenario and Pathways

Scenario for Risk Register

  • show / hide
  • Pest is introduced with the pathogen

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)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Fruits or vegetables

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

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] 3
Spread [1 - 5] 2
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 5
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 9
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 45

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
Mexico Present
South America
Colombia Present
Brazil Present
Central America
Cuba Present
Jamaica Present
Puerto Rico Present
Trinidad and Tobago Present
Costa Rica Present
El Salvador Present
Guatemala Present
Honduras Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hemiptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Total Protected Cultivation

Major Hosts

  • Brassica L.
  • Capsicum annuum L.
  • Capsicum frutescens L.
  • Cucumis sativus L.
  • Cucurbita pepo L.
  • Euphorbia L.
  • Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex Klotzsch
  • Geranium L.
  • Glycine max (L.) Merr.
  • Gossypium L.
  • Helianthus annuus L.
  • Hibiscus L.
  • Lactuca sativa L.
  • Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • Manihot esculenta Crantz
  • Pelargonium L'Herit. Ex Ait.
  • Petunia Juss.
  • Phaseolus vulgaris L.
  • Pluchea symphytifolia (Mill.) Gillis
  • Rubus L.
  • Solanum tuberosum L.
  • Taraxacum Weber In Wiggers
  • Wisteria Nutt.
  • Zea mays L.
  • Gossypium hirsutum

Threats to Protected Cultivation

  • Only protected crops

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (2005), UK (2014)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Provisional quarantine pest (Great Britain)

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Polyphagous whitefly native to the Americas with the potential to introduce harmful viruses to the UK. Regulation should be considered.

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