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12Fig. 3 - Plank of Artocarpus heterophyllus showing pinholes ofXyleborus similis.Cerambycids are the major borers of freshly felled timber, while thescolytids are serious borers in planks and boards, or when used in furniture.turnery articles, plywoods etc. Bhasin & Roonwal (1954) and Duffy (1968)have recorded 45 species of borers attacking this timber, of which 24 speciesbelong to cerambycidae.Large borers9 Artocarpus hirsutus Lamk.MoraceaeOlenecamptus bilobus Fb.(Ceram byc idae)Small borersSinoxylon anale Les.(Bostrychidae)Xylothrips flavipes Ill. ( ,I )Aclees birmanus Fst.(C urc u I ion id ae)The cerambycid, Olenecamptus bilobus cause serious damage by boringinitially between the bark and sapwood and later in the heartwood. The
13galleries result in large excavations in the sapwood which usually take asinuous course into the heartwood where the insect makes the pupal chamber.The bostrychids,Sinoxylon anale and Xylothrips flavipes generallybore in the sapwood portion. However, in one instance, S. anale was noted tobore in the heartwood as well, of timber used as door frames. The curculionid,Aclees birmanus was collected from old borer holes and its role as a borerneeds confirmation.In literature, there is mention of 12 borers damaging storedA. hirsutus (Bhasin & Roonwal, 1954). This timber is used mainly inconstruction works, for making heavy packing cases, cabinets, furniture etc.Damage by 0. bilobus can render the logs unfit for these purposes.10. Bombax ceiba Linn.(Salmalia malabarica(DC.) (Schott. and Endl.)Born bacaceaeLarge borersBatocera rufomaculata De Geer (Cerambycidae)Glenea homonospila J. Thoms. ( I, )Small borersDinoderus minutus Fb.(Bostrychidae)D. bifoveolatus Wol I. )Sinoxylon anale Les. ( 3, )S. atratom Ces. ( a t )Heterobosfrychus aequalis Wat. ( ,, )Xylothrips flavipes III. ( D l )Platypus latifinis W I k.Crossotarsus saundersi Chap. ( I, )Xyleborus interjectus Bland.(Platypodidae)(Scol yt idae)Freshly cut timber is very susceptible to attack by Batocera rufomaculata.which bore extensive tunnels rendering it unfit for peeling of veneers.Glenea homonospila generally starts its attack on branches and twigs of living
Page 1 and 2: KFRI Research Report 10A SURVEY OF
Page 3 and 4: ABSTRACTAbout 100 commercially impo
Page 5 and 6: 3Control aspects of species injurio
Page 7 and 8: Fig. 1 . Map of Kerala showing coll
Page 9: 71. Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Juss.)
Page 13: Xyleborus simiiis Ferr.11(Scolytida
Page 17 and 18: IFig. 4 - Round logs of Bornbox cci
Page 19 and 20: 17' i-I "Fig. 6 - A Xylarium specim
Page 21 and 22: 19this timber under long periods of
Page 23 and 24: Round logs are21heavi ly attacked b
Page 25 and 26: 23(Mathur and Singk, 1959). The maj
Page 27: 25E. grandis was tunnelled by Si/es
Page 30 and 31: Large borersSmall borers2826. Haldi
Page 32 and 33: 30Fig 14 - Hevea brasiliensis, heav
Page 34 and 35: Timber with and without bark are at
Page 36 and 37: 3434. Mangifera indica Linn.Anacard
Page 38 and 39: 36Mathur and Singh (1960-c) have li
Page 40 and 41: 38The small borer, Platypus solidus
Page 42 and 43: 40The small borers recorded here ca
Page 44 and 45: 42Mathur & Singh (1951) recorded 28
Page 47 and 48: 45Eucorynus crassicornis Fb.(An thr
Page 49 and 50: 47- Antennal club composed of a sin
Page 51 and 52: The scutellum is white.granulations
Page 53 and 54: 51The grubs are yellowish, active a
Page 55 and 56: IIProthorax with lateral spines.Pro
Page 57 and 58: 55FAMILY BOSTRYCHIDAEMembers of thi
Page 59 and 60: in timbers of Grewia tiliaefolia, F
Page 61 and 62: I ~~~~~Elytra with a pair of teeth
Page 63 and 64: 9. Sinoxylon crassum Les. (Chart II
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63in length. The body is covered wi
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65a groove-like median line and pro
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IApical declivity of elytraforming
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The grubs are cream coloured and me
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71Pronotum globular, conical in fro
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IPro n o t u m h o od -1 i ke , t u
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75pee tea(stem of Sphaerotrypes sp.
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Chart VI gives a pictorial key for
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Eyes confli~ent and median. Rostrum
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striae and fringed with short ash-c
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-Rostrum Idng, promincntand broaden
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85The tips of antennal segments are
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87Although more than 50 species of
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89GARONER, J. C. M., (1938). lmmatu
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Acalolepta rusticatrix (Fb.) -Acant
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