. Eastern forest insects . F-480474, 480481 Figure 39.—Xylobiops basilar'is, a false powder-post beetle: A, adult; B, larval damage (note openings to frass-frilled larval tunnels in cross- section of a persimmon log). The bamboo powder-post beetle,Dinoderus minutus (F.), a very destructive pest of bamboo in the West Indies, occurs in Florida and Louisiana. Adults are reddish-brown to brownish-black and about to mm. long. The wing covers are often redder than the rest of the upper surface. The female bores into bamboo culms at breaks in the rind, usually at cut ends and trimmed nodes, a
. Eastern forest insects . F-480474, 480481 Figure 39.—Xylobiops basilar'is, a false powder-post beetle: A, adult; B, larval damage (note openings to frass-frilled larval tunnels in cross- section of a persimmon log). The bamboo powder-post beetle,Dinoderus minutus (F.), a very destructive pest of bamboo in the West Indies, occurs in Florida and Louisiana. Adults are reddish-brown to brownish-black and about to mm. long. The wing covers are often redder than the rest of the upper surface. The female bores into bamboo culms at breaks in the rind, usually at cut ends and trimmed nodes, and then bores a tunnel across the grain. Eggs are deposited in the exposed ends of tubular vessels of the fibrovascular bundles. The interior of infested material is often reduced to masses of powdered wood and fibers. This species is also intercepted fre- quently in infested bamboo at ports of entry in this country. 135
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