2006年9月4日,海南省澄迈县永发镇新吴管区常岭村村民发现,该村及邻近五个村子共计数千株椰子树均遭到椰心叶甲的侵袭,“椰子烂掉了,椰叶掉光了,椰树死了”。椰心叶甲是棕榈科植物的一种毁灭性害虫,也是国际上重要的检疫性害虫。当地有关人士表示,还在蔓延的椰心叶甲 On September 4, 2006, villagers in Changling Village, Xinwu District, Yongfa Town, Chengmai County, Hainan Province found that a total of thousands of coconut trees in the village and its five neighboring villages had been attacked by coconut leaf palm. “Coconuts are rotted, Coconut leaves fall, coconut trees dead. ” Coconut palm leaf palm is a devastating pest of palm plants, is also an important international quarantine pests. Local sources said that coconut leaf beetle is still spreading