wood-cutting; wood-boring
• (a.) Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects.
Xy·lot'o·mous adjective [ Prefix xylo- + root of Greek ... to cut.] (Zoology) Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects. 
xylotomous, xylotomy 1. A reference to organisms that are able to cut or bore into wood. 2. That which cuts or pierces wood, as an insect. Related cutting-word units: castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; trunc-.
boring into or cutting wood, as certain insects.