Changes made to the list of regulated pests of Great Britain
The following changes were made to the list of regulated pests of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) since 2020. It may be recalled that Northern Ireland applies EU regulations. The list has been updated in the EPPO Global Database: https://gd.eppo.int/country/GB/regulated.
- List of quarantine pests - Part A (pests not known to occur in Great Britain):
Additions
Name | Year added | EPPO List |
Agrilus bilineatus | 2021 | A2 List |
Agrilus fleischeri | 2021 | A2 List |
Neocerambyx raddei | 2021 | A1 List |
Prodiplosis longifila | 2021 | A1 List |
Eotetranychus sexmaculatus | 2022 | |
Platypus apicalis | 2022 | |
Scolytus morawitzi | 2022 | A2 List |
Citrus exocortis viroid | 2023 | |
Columnea latent viroid | 2023 | |
Pepper chat fruit viroid | 2023 | |
Tomato planta macho viroid | 2023 | |
Chilli veinal mottle virus (Potyvirus capsivenamaculae, ChiVMV) | 2024 | |
Chrysobothris femorata | 2024 | A1 List |
Chrysobothris mali | 2024 | A1 List |
Lycorma delicatula | 2024 | A1 List |
Deletions
Name | Year deleted | EPPO List |
Haplaxius crudus | 2023 | |
Coconut lethal yellowing phytoplasma | 2023 | A1 List |
Cowpea mild mottle virus (Carlavirus vignae, CPMMV) | 2023 |
- List of quarantine pests - Part B (pests known to occur in Great Britain)
Addition
Name | Year added | EPPO List |
Thaumetopoea processionea | 2022 |
- List of provisional quarantine pests for Great Britain
Additions
Name | Year added | EPPO List |
Coleosporium asterum | 2021 | |
Coleosporium eupatorii | 2021 | |
Coleosporium phellodendri | 2021 | Alert list (formerly) |
Dendrolimus spectabilis | 2021 | Alert list (formerly) |
Thecodiplosis japonensis | 2021 | Alert list (formerly) |
Agrilus horni | 2022 | |
Anisandrus maiche | 2022 | |
Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini | 2022 | |
Chrysodeixis includens | 2022 | |
Chrysophtharta bimaculata | 2022 | Alert list (formerly) |
Diaporthe phaseolorum var. sojae | 2022 | A1/A2 (formerly) |
Endoclita excrescens | 2022 | |
Ennomos subsignarius | 2022 | |
Euzophera semifuneralis | 2022 | |
Groundnut bud necrosis virus (Orthotospovirus arachinecrosis, GBNV) | 2022 | |
Groundnut ringspot virus (Orthotospovirus arachianuli, GRSV) | 2022 | |
Heterobasidion occidentale | 2022 | |
Hyalesthes obsoletus | 2022 | |
Lambdina fiscellaria | 2022 | Alert list |
Lepidosaphes ussuriensis | 2022 | A2 List |
Lymantria mathura | 2022 | A2 List |
Malacosoma americanum | 2022 | A1 List |
Malacosoma disstria | 2022 | A1 List |
Meloidogyne arenaria | 2022 | |
Meloidogyne enterolobii | 2022 | A2 List |
Meloidogyne javanica | 2022 | |
Naupactus xanthographus | 2022 | A1 List |
Neodiprion abietis | 2022 | Alert list (formerly) |
Orchidophilus spp. | 2022 | |
Pseudomonas avellanae | 2022 | |
Trirachys sartus | 2022 | A2 List |
Xiphinema index | 2022 | |
Coleosporium paederiae | 2023 | |
Crisicoccus pini | 2023 | A2 List |
Dendrolimus superans | 2023 | A2 List |
Platypus quercivorus | 2023 | |
Raffaelea lauricola | 2023 | Alert list |
Raffaelea quercivora | 2023 | Alert list (formerly) |
Sirex nitobei | 2023 | |
Urocerus japonicus | 2023 | |
Agrilus mali | 2024 (came into force in November) | A1 List |
Lonsdalea populi | 2024 (came into force in November) | |
Orgyia leucostigma | 2024 (came into force in November) | A1 List |
- List of regulated non-quarantine pests for Great Britain
Addition
Name | Year added | EPPO List |
Thekopsora minima | 2022 | A2 List |
Deletions
Name | Year deleted | EPPO List |
Apricot latent virus | 2021 | |
Aucuba mosaic agent and blackcurrant yellows agent combined | 2021 | |
Epidiaspis leperii | 2021 | |
Heterodera fici | 2021 | |
Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi | 2021 | |
Diaporthe caulivora | 2022 | A1/A2 (formerly) |
Sources
The Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2024. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/610/
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of 28 November 2019 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 690/2008 and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2019 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2072