Fruit flies assessed as very low risk for the UK (1)

4d6f4d7b-b666-4278-a995-35c9497294e9 United Kingdom 2023-12-27 Fruit flies assessed as very low risk for the UK (1) 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, as well as a document listing the scientiifc references used for the assessment]

Larvae feed in the shoots or stems of bamboo and other grasses:

Bistrispinaria fortis
Bistrispinaria magniceps
Acanthonevra dunlopi
Acroceratitis distincta
Gastrozona nigrifemur
Ptilona confinis
Ptilona persimilis

Larve feed in tropical fruit species not commonly grown in the UK:

Anastrepha curvicauda
Anastrepha recurcauda
Carpomya incompleta
Dirioxa pornia
Monacrostichus citricola
Taomyia marshalli
Trypanocentra nigrithorax

The remainder have been recorded from various plants, see individual species for details of hosts:

Acidiella kagoshimensis
Acidoxantha bombacis
Callistomyia flavilabris
Euleia separata
Euphranta camelliae
Euphranta cassiae
Euphranta oshimensis
Paratephritis fukaii
Paratephritis takeuchii
Philophylla fossata
Sphaeniscus binoculatus

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