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Museum Pests–Cultural Heritage Pests

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Many types of artefacts are vulnerable to deterioration from biological, physical and chemical sources. Artefacts that consist of organic materials, such as fur, hides, linen, plant material, wood, wool, etc., can be infested by a range of insects. Most heritage areas have collections which are at risk, including archaeology, prints and drawings, contemporary art installations, folk art, fine arts, ethnography, books and archives, industrial and technical heritage and natural sciences.

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  1. Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, Via de Sanctis, 86100, Campobasso, Italy

    Pasquale Trematerra

  2. DBP Entomology, 83 Westwood Green, Cookham, Berks, SL6 9DE, UK

    David Pinniger

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  1. Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly, Nea Ionia, Magnesia, Greece

    Christos G. Athanassiou

  2. Stored Product Insect and Engineering Research Unit, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

    Frank H. Arthur

Pests of Museum—Cultural Heritage Pests

Pests of Museum—Cultural Heritage Pests

Wood pests

Distribution

North America

Europe

Coleoptera

Anobium punctatum

Furniture beetle/woodworm

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Callidium violaceum

Longhorned beetle

 

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Dinoderus minutus

Bamboo powderpost beetle

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Hylotrupes bajulus

Old house borer/house longhorn

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Lyctus brunneus

Powderpost beetle

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Lyctus linearis

Powderpost beetle

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Nicobium castaneum

Library beetle

 

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Pentarthrum huttoni

Wood boring weevil

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Xestobium rufovillosum

Death watch beetle

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Isoptera

Cryptotermes brevis

Drywood termite

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Kalotermes flavicollis

Yellow-necked drywood termite

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Reticulitermes lucifugus

Subterranean termite/destructive European termite

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General pests

Distribution

North America

Europe

Dictyoptera

Blattella germanica

German cockroach

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Blatta orientalis

Oriental cockroach

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Periplaneta americana

American cockroach

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Coleoptera

Lasioderma serricorne

Cigarette beetle

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Niptus hololeucus

Golden spider beetle

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Ptinus tectus

Australian spider beetle

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Stegobium paniceum

Drugstore beetle/biscuit beetle

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Lepidoptera

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Brown house moth

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Endrosis sarcitrella

White-shouldered house moth

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Thysanura

Lepisma saccharina

Silverfish

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Thermobia domestica

Firebrat

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Psocoptera

Liposcelis bostrychophila

Common booklouse

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Trogium pulsatorium

Deathwatch booklouse

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Pests of textiles and natural history

Distribution

North America

Europe

Coleoptera

Anthrenus flavipes

Furniture carpet beetle

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Anthrenus verbasci

Varied carpet beetle

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Anthrenus museorum

Museum beetle

 

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Anthrenus sarnicus

Guernsey carpet beetle

 

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Attagenus pellio

Two-spotted carpet beetle

 

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Attagenus smirnovi

Brown carpet beetle/vodka beetle

 

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Attagenus unicolor

Black carpet beetle

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Dermestes lardarius

Larder beetle

 

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Dermestes peruvianus

Peruvian hide beetle

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Dermestes maculatus

Leather beetle

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Reesa vespulae

Museum nuisance

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Thylodrias contractus

Odd beetle

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Trogoderma angustum

Berlin beetle

 

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Lepidoptera

Tineola bisselliella

Webbing clothes moth

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Tineola pellionella

Case-making clothes moth

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Trichophaga tapetzella

Carpet moth/tapestry moth

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Trematerra, P., Pinniger, D. (2018). Museum Pests–Cultural Heritage Pests. In: Athanassiou, C., Arthur, F. (eds) Recent Advances in Stored Product Protection. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56125-6_11

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