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UK Risk Register Details for Cameraria ohridella

Pest has been archived

This pest has been assessed for the Risk Register and is considered to pose a low risk to the UK. The information on this pest was correct as of 01/06/2020, but is no longer actively maintained. It will only be updated if new information is received which indicates the potential for a significant increase in risk to the UK.

This record was last updated on 01/06/2020

Common Names

  • Horse-chestnut leaf miner
  • Horse-chestnut miner

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)
  • Cut flowers or branches
  • Hitchhiking
  • Plant waste
  • Natural spread

Risk Ratings and Current Mitigations

Unmitigated Risks

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

Current Mitigations

  • show / hide

Key mitigation for pest

Regulation

Surveillance

Industry Scheme

Contingency Plan

Awareness

Research

Mitigated Risks

Likelihood [1 - 5] 4
Spread [1 - 5] 4
Impact [1 - 5] 3
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
Bulgaria Present
Croatia Present
Czech Republic Present
Denmark Present
France Present
Germany Present
Greece Present
Hungary Present
Italy Present
Lithuania Present
Netherlands Present
Poland Present
Romania Present
Slovakia Present
Slovenia Present
Spain Present
Sweden Present
Albania Present
Belarus Present
Bosnia-Herzegovina Present
Latvia Present
Republic of North Macedonia Present
Moldova Present
Russia Present
Serbia Present
Switzerland Present
Ukraine Present
United Kingdom Present (Widespread)
Austria Present
Belgium Present

Type of Pest

  • Insect (Lepidoptera)

Host or Industry at Risk

  • show / hide

Aesculus hippocastanum

Major Hosts

  • Aesculus hippocastanum L.
  • Aesculus turbinata Blume

Threats to Protected Cultivation

Forest Tree Pests and Pathogens

  • Broadleaved

Further Information

PRA Availability

UK (1998), EPPO (2000)

Regulation and EPPO listing

  • show / hide

Not currently listed

Actions Indicated

  • show / hide

Action

No statutory action against findings.

General Comments

Widespread and very conspicuous leafmining moth pest of horse chestnut still spreading north in the UK. Statutory measures ruled out soon after introduction as considered unlikely to be effective.

Risk Records for this Pest