甘蔗金针虫在一般甘蔗产区都有发生,是甘蔗芽期的主要地下害虫。蔗芽在未出土前即常因其为害而枯死,以致造成单位面积有效茎数减少甚或缺苗断垄。日本的安田庆次等人在冲绳用4种有机磷杀虫剂:50％恶唑磷(Isoxathion)、45％噻唑磷(Prothiophos)乳剂、50％倍硫磷(MPP)乳剂、 Sugarcane needleworm in the common sugar cane production areas have occurred, is the main underground sugar cane budding pests. Cane buds are often dead before they are unearthed, resulting in a reduction in the number of effective stalks per unit area or even the lack of seedlings and broken ridges. In Japan, Yasuhiro Yasuda used four kinds of organophosphorus insecticide: 50% Isoxathion, 45% Prothiophos emulsion, 50% Fenthion (MPP) emulsion,