In Taiwan, there was formerly no serious imbalance in the ecological relationship between podocarps and Milionia basalis pryeri, but on Japan's Ryukyu Islands M. basalis pryeri has become one of the most serious pests forestry workers have to contend with.
在台灣，羅漢松與黃帶枝尺蛾並未嚴重失衡；在琉球，黃帶枝尺蛾卻是林務人員的心腹大患。