This paper introduces the three parts (infrastructure, data resources and application support) of a national information platform for monitoring the Spodoptera frugiperda, as well as data entry, collection, analysis, GIS display, monitoring and prediction, statistics and knowledge base. Three functions of the platform are to detect the occurrence of the S. frugiperda in a timely fashion, comprehensively display the occurrence dynamics of this pest, and provide objective modelling of monitoring and control effects. We suggest that the way to overcome current technical bottlenecks impeding the effective monitoring of migratory pests is to use intelligent monitoring equipment to automatically collect data and link this to information obtained from a weather system platform and insect radar.