This wood-eating insect gets its name from the Latin for "wood-eating worm"
The effect of imidacloprid on the termite Reticulitermes flavipes 
and its... [DOC] [TLE] termite English definition/translation - seadict.com [PAR] [New Latin Termes, genus name, from Late Latin termes, termit-, woodworm, 
alteration ... Modern Latin; Origin: termes, from Latin tarmes 'wood-eating worm'] 
an insect that eats and destroys wood from trees and buildings ...