It is considered an important pest of larch.
It is considered an important pest of cultivated coconut, date and oil palms.
It is an important pest of chestnut in China.
It is one of the most important pests on date palm that may cause more than 50% loss of the crop.
It also makes some of them important pests in agriculture or forestry.
This species is considered an important orchid pest.
They have been considered an important pest for wine production since Roman times.
Quarantines were established within the United States against the spread of a number of important pests.
It soon became an important pest, and methods to control it became a topic of interest.
The species has become an important pest of strawberries on some locations in the United States.
