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UK Risk Register Details for Corythucha ciliata

This record was last updated on 05/07/2023

Common Names

  • Sycamore lace bug

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)

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 48

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Restrictions on plane tree movement (regulations targeted at a different pest)

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 3
Impact [1 - 5] 3
Value at Risk [1 - 5] 4
Likelihood x Impact [1 - 25] 12
UK Relative Risk Rating [1 - 125] 48

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 Present (Widespread)
United Kingdom Absent
North America
Canada Present (Widespread)
United States Present (Widespread)
Oceania
Australia Present (Limited)
Asia
China Present
Japan Present
South Korea Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Hemiptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Platanus

Major Hosts

  • Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent.
  • Carya ovata (Mill.) K.Koch
  • Chamaedaphne Moench
  • Fraxinus L.
  • Liquidambar styraciflua L.
  • Platanus L.
  • Platanus occidentalis L.
  • Platanus orientalis L.
  • Platanus racemosa Nutt.
  • Platanus wrightii P.Wats.
  • Platanus x acerifolia (Aiton) Willdenow
  • Quercus laurifolia Michx.

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

Yes

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

Statutory action on findings.

General Comments

Lace bug which affects plane and which is present in a number of European countries, with a single outbreak eradicated in the UK.

Risk Records for this Pest