Tetropium castaneum populations can build to levels where living trees are attacked and killed. The boring activity of the larvae can cause structural damage to the wood and may lead to stem breakage during windstorms.
What information is available?
- Pest Fact Sheet
- Policy Directives
- D-98-08 Entry Requirements for Wood Packaging Materials Produced in All Areas Other Than the Continental United States
- D-02-12 - Import requirements of non-manufactured wood and other non-propagative wood products, except solid wood packaging material, from all areas other than the continental United States