STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS

COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection
XYLOPHAGUS INSECTS IN ROMANIA
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FIGURE 3
ATTACK ON HARDWOODS ATTACK ON CONIFEROUS ATTACK ON BUILDING TIMBER
1. Xyleborus monographus L.
(oak, occasionally beech, elm, acer)
• fresh cut logs;
• logs remained in the forest;
• logs stored long time;
• green timber (from the attacked logs;
2. Xyloterus domesticus L.
syn. Trypodendron domesticus Oliv.
(oak, beech, sapwood)
• fresh cut logs;
• green timber.
3. Platypus cylindrus Fabr.
(oak, beech, chestnut, ash)
• logs freshly cut;
• logs stored long time;
• sawntimber in the store (from the
attacked logs)
4. Cerambyx cerdo L.
(oak, walnut, beech)
• logs freshly cut;
• logs remained in the forest
1. Xyloterus lineatus Oliv.
syn. Trypodendron lineatus Oliv. (spruce,
fir, pine, larix)
• fresh cut logs, with bark;
• debarked wood with high moisture;
• green timber with 50-60% MC.
2. Tetropium castaneum L.
syn, Tetropium fuscum F. (spruce, fir,
pine, larix)
• fresh cut logs;
• logs from weak trees.
3. Sirex gigas L.
(spruce, fir, pine, larix)
4. Sirex spectrum L.
(spruce, fir)
5. Sirex juvencus L.
(spruce, pine)
• logs from weak trees
• fresh cut timber
• attack may continue also on timber air
dried;
1. Anobium sp.
• sapwood of hardwoods but sometimes
heartwood;
• old furniture pieces;
• plywood with organic glue.
2. Xestobium rufovillosum De Geer
• wood infested by fungi;
• sapwood and heartwood of coniferous
and hardwood.
3. Lyctus sp.
• partly dry sapwood;
• fresh cut logs of hardwood with large
pores:
• wood with high starch content;
4. Hylotrupes bajulus L.
• sapwood of coniferous but rarely the
heartwood (pine)
5. Sirex gigas L.
• fresh cut logs with or without bark.