癞皮夜蛾(Gadirtha inexacta Walker)属鳞翅目(Lepidoptera)、夜蛾科(Noctuidac)、皮夜蛾亚科(Sarrothripinae)、癞皮蛾属(Gadirtha Walker)昆虫,又各乌柏癞皮蛾。分布在我省的邵武、建阳、建瓯、崇安、南平、光泽、武夷山(三港)、三明、沙县、永安、尤溪、安溪、永泰、闽清、平和、霞浦等地。以幼虫为害乌柏(Sapiumsebiferum)。对该虫生物学特性及其防治试验,尚未见到详细报道。为此,1984—1986年我们在邵武市设点进行观察试验,现将结果整理如下: Gadirtha inexacta Walker belongs to the family Lepidoptera, Noctuidac, Sarrothripinae and Gadirtha Walker, . They are distributed in Shaowu, Jianyang, Jianou, Chong’an, Nanping, Guangshe, Wuyishan (San Gang), Sanming, Shaxian, Yong’an, Youxi, Anxi, Yongtai, Minqing, Heping and Xiapu in our province. Larva infest Sapium sebiferum. The biological characteristics of the worm and its control experiments, have not yet seen a detailed report. Therefore, from 1984 to 1986, we conducted an observation experiment in Shaowu, and the results are summarized as follows: