The larvae of a number of Ptinidae species tend to bore into wood, earning them the name "woodworm" or "wood borer". Several species are pests, causing damage to wooden furniture, house structures, tobacco, and dried food products. The deathwatch beetles
Xestobium rufovillosum,
Hemicoelus carinatus, and
Hemicoelus gibbicollis are economically significant pests, damaging flooring, joists, and other timber in housing. The "furniture beetle",
Anobium punctatum, is a species that is often found emerging from in-home wood furnishings. The "drugstore beetle",
Stegobium paniceum, is known to infest a variety of stored materials, including bread, flour, cereal, prescription drugs, strychnine powder, packaged foods, and even Egyptian tombs. The "cigarette beetle,"
Lasioderma serricorne, is a widespread and destructive pest of harvested and manufactured tobacco. Damage and economic losses from
L. serricorne infestations were estimated by the USDA to be 0.7% of the total warehoused tobacco commodity in 1971. ==See also==