美国白蛾Hlyphantria cunea(Drury)又名美国灯蛾、秋幕毛虫、秋幕蛾,属鳞翅目,灯蛾科。是举世瞩目的世界性检疫害虫。是一种以危害绿色植物为主的国际性检疫害虫,是国家林业局的六大工程治理害虫之一,也称秋幕毛虫、网幕毛虫。主要危害果树、行道树和观赏树木,尤其以阔叶树为重。对园林树木、经济林、农田防护林等也造成严重的危害。美国白蛾原发生于北美洲,1940年传到欧洲,1945年从美国传入日本,1957年侵入到朝鲜,1979年在我国辽宁省丹东市首次发现,并且每年繁殖两代,近几年蔓延趋势不断扩大,现已波及到山东、河北、陕西、天津等地。 American white moth Hlyphantria cunea (Drury), also known as the United States moth, autumn caterpillar, autumn moth, is a Lepidoptera, moth family. It is a world-renowned quarantine pest. It is one of the international quarantine pests that mainly endangers green plants and is one of the six major project pests managed by the State Forestry Administration. They are also known as autumn curtain caterpillars and screen caterpillars. Mainly harmful to fruit trees, street trees and ornamental trees, especially hardwood trees. On the garden trees, economic forests, farmland shelter forests, also caused serious harm. The American white moth originated in North America, spread to Europe in 1940, came to Japan from the United States in 1945, invaded North Korea in 1957, and was first discovered in Dandong, Liaoning Province in 1979 in China. It was bred for two generations each year and spread in recent years The trend continues to expand, has now spread to Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi, Tianjin and other places.