Stored-timber

Guides

• Scobicia

  horned powder-post beetles

  Scobicia is a genus of wood-boring beetles in the family Bostrichidae, containing approximately 11 described species. Members are small beetles, with adults of at least one species measuring 3.3–4.5 mm in length. The genus is placed in the tribe Xyloperthini and is distributed across southern Europe, North Africa, and parts of the Middle East. At least some species are pests of dead or felled timber, creating extensive tunnel systems in stored wood.

  Bostrichidaewood-borerpowder-post-beetlepestxylophagousMediterraneandead-woodstored-timberXyloperthini

• Scobicia chevrieri

  horned powder-post beetle

  Scobicia chevrieri is a small wood-boring beetle in the family Bostrichidae. Adults measure 3.3–4.5 mm in length and 1.2–1.5 mm in width. The species is a pest of cut and stored wood, creating galleries that cause severe interior deterioration of branches. It has been recorded across the Mediterranean region, North Africa, the Middle East, and introduced to North America.

  wood-boring-beetlepowder-post-beetlepeststored-timberBostrichidaeMediterraneanintroduced-speciesBrachychitonhardwood-pest