Anobium punctatum (DeGeer, 1774) (house borer or woodworm)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp.

TMAG collections

Typical length (mm): 4.5
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight

Source literature on morphology and taxonomy (*primary taxonomic source, where identified):
Español, F. (1976). Contribución al conocimiento de los Anobium y generos afines de Australia y Nueva Zelanda (Col. Anobiidae, nota 71). Misc. Zool. 3 (5): 141-160.

Assumed larval feeding: wood-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: obligately saproxylic

Ecological attributes: — Pinus radiata is a host-plant (Bashford, 1990a) — Can inflict significant damage in timber of Eucalyptus and other spp. (Elliott & deLittle, 1985).

Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Baited trapping (Ips pheromone) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from within building — Panel trapping — Rearing in insectary from Acacia dealbata.

Source ecological literature:
Bashford, R. (1990a). Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants: records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission insect collection. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 32 pages.
Elliott, H.J. & deLittle, D.W. (1985). Insect pests of trees and timber in Tasmania. Hobart: Tas. Forestry Commission, 90 pages.