Implications for the development

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Mina Adriana MOŞNEAGU 
lector universitar, doctor
Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă, Specializarea Artă Sacră 
Universitatea „Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, România 
email: [e-mail]
Elena ARDELEAN
lector universitar, doctor
Facultatea de Teologie Ortodoxă Specializarea Artă Sacră 
Universitatea „Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, România
email: [e-mail]
ASPECTE PRIVIND DAUNELE PROVOCATE DE SPECIA 
XESTOBIUM
RUFOVILLOSUM 
(INSECTA, COLEOPTERA, ANOBIIDAE) 
ASUPRA CĂRȚILOR ŞI DOCUMENTELOR DIN BIBLIOTECI
Summary. Aspects regarding the damage caused by the species Xestobium Rufovillosum (in-
sect, coleoptera, anobiidae) on books and documents in libraries. 
Xestobium rufovillosum
is a spe-
cies of insects that causes significant both in the historical monuments and in the old book collec-
tions. Identifying the species is easy when biological material is preserved (adults, larvae or excrement 
in a specific shape). Even in the absence of these elements, the degradations produced by 
X. rufovil-
losum
are easily recognizable. The attack of this species occurs in the presence of moisture and fungi 
that emit substances attractive to insects in the atmosphere. The galleries produced by the larvae go 
through the covers and the pages, producing gaps in the content (text, graphics), fracturing the sheets 
or the whole book. The attack of this pest in monuments and collections of cellulosic fiber objects 
could be prevented if atmospheric humidity and object humidity were controlled.
The appearance of the 
X. rufovillosum
attack in the collections of old books and documents in 
libraries requires curative treatments for their disinfection and that of the storage spaces. For the 
restoration of the objects with galleries caused by 
X. rufovillosum
, an important step is filling these 
galleries, in order to ensure the physical integrity of the books. The paper presents these stages in the 
case of the 19
th
century 
Irmologhion
manuscript.