It is an occasional pest on crops, including crucifers, beets, corn and beans.

It is regarded as an occasional pest of ginger and turmeric.

It is an occasional pest of cultivated nut and fruit trees.

It is an occasional pest in greenhouses.

Slugs and snails are occasional pests.

It is an occasional pest of furs, flannel and similar materials, and has been inadvertently introduced to many places it is not originally native to.

They are considered an occasional pest in the fruit industry, due to defoliation of the host plants.

It is also an occasional pest of Magnolia species.

It is also an occasional pest of fruit trees and is harmful to young orchard trees, especially apple trees.

It is an occasional pest on oak trees in the south-eastern United States.