In recent times, nursery operators in Taiwan have seized on Podocarpus formosensis as a visually attractive and supposedly insect-resistant tree species, and planted it in large numbers. But a few years of planting have upset the equilibrium established over thousands of years, and tree nurseries have become the places where Miliona basalis pryeri has breached the podocarp's defenses.
近來，台灣農民視驅蟲的竹柏為優良景觀樹種，大量人工栽種，千萬年的平衡抵不過幾年的造景，苗圃終於成為第一道被黃帶枝尺蛾瓦解的防線。全民「造」蟲