黄檀尺夜蛾属鳞翅目,夜蛾科,是紫胶虫主要寄主——黄檀树重要害虫之一。现在全区黄檀造林面积有十多万亩。1971年至1972年合浦公馆林场、灵山东风林场,曾猖獗成灾,数天内几百亩胶园寄主树叶全部吃光。1978年钦州平吉紫胶场、天等县林科所等地也局部危害成灾。近几年来各地均有危害, Dipterocarpaceae genus Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, is the main host Shellaria - one of the important pest Dalbergia. There are more than 100,000 mu of yellow sandalwood afforestation in the region now. 1971 to 1972 Hepu mansion forest farm, Lingshan Dongfeng Forest Farm, once rampant disaster, a few days a few hundred acres of plastic garden host all the leaves eaten. Qinzhou Pingji lacquer field in 1978, Tianxian Lin Branch and other places also endanger the disaster. In recent years, all over the world have been harmed,