Fruit flies assessed as very low risk for the UK (2): Asteraceae

374566ea-a9f7-4d93-9502-f3f3c1bafcbb United Kingdom 2023-12-27 Fruit flies assessed as very low risk for the UK (2): Asteraceae A large number of Tephritidae (fruit fly) species are quarantine pests in the EU, and hence Northern Ireland. We are in the process of assessing the list of species through the risk register, though many species have almost no information available. The following species have been added to the risk register over the past few months, and all are considered to pose a very low risk to the UK.

[Details in Plant Health Risk Register https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/pests-and-diseases/uk-plant-health-risk-register . A link to each species is available in the document to be downloaded below, as well as a document listing the scientiifc references used for the assessment]

Larvae feed in the seedheads of Asteraceae and have not been recorded causing impacts:

Asimoneura pantomelas
Campiglossa albiceps
Campiglossa californica
Campiglossa snowi
Craspedoxantha marginalis
Dioxyna chilensis
Goedenia stenoparia
Insizwa oblita
Neaspilota alba
Neaspilota reticulata
Paracantha trinotata
Sphenella nigricornis
Tephritis leavittensis
Tephritis ovatipennis
Trupanea femoralis
Trupanea wheeleri
Xanthaciura insecta

Larvae feed on Asteraceae, either in stems or leaves or their biology is unknown, and no impacts have been recorded:

Austrotephritis protrusa
Campiglossa duplex
Campiglossa reticulata
Eurosta solidaginis
Marriottella exquisita
Tephritis luteipes
Tephritis pura
Trypeta flaveola
Urophora christophi

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