If these genetic modifications entail some kind of copyright mechanism, such as these plants will no longer produce viable seed / offspring without some special genetic unlock code, then we are doomed.
Because I am quite sure, despite countless assurances, these insects will escape and modify a shit-ton of things they are not supposed to. I worry enough about the pollen of GM plants spreading this stuff already. I do not need bugs which can reproduce and spread across the entire planet.
They’re fighting the Spotted Lanternfly here in PA and they know that we lack its main predator overseas but they’re in no hurry to introduce another species of bug into the environment here as a counter because no one knows what other problems that bug could unleash. That’s just smart.