Taxonomy is fundamental to biology. At both the macro-scale of ecological research and the micro-scale of molecular biology, the field relies on comprehensive records of plants and animals. Taiwan's dearth of taxonomic data has slowed the pace of insect-related scientific research on the island.
由於分類學是所有生物學的基礎，不論朝鉅觀的生態研究或微觀的分子生物，都有賴完備的動植物物相紀錄，台灣分類學者的缺乏，致使昆蟲相關科學研究發展緩慢。