Articles

1. Image recognition-based deep learning model for identifying the developmental stages of Acyrthosiphon pisum (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

   • Masaki Masuko
   • Shingo Kikuta

   Original Research Paper 18 April 2024

   

2. Laccase-producing gut bacteria from the larvae of Acrobasis nuxvorella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

   • Consuelo G. Corrales-Maldonado
   • Irasema Vargas-Arispuro
   • Graciela Dolores Ávila-Quezada

   Original Research Paper 11 April 2024

   

3. Evidence for the existence of embryonic diapause in the domestic-introduced subtropical stick insect, Entoria okinawaensis (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae)

   • Haruyuki Nakano
   • Kohta Toshi
   • Keiji Nakamura

   Original Research Paper 10 April 2024

   

4. A study on Wolbachia-dengue-carrying Aedes mosquitoes (diptera: culicidae) focuses on the sustainability and frequency of Wolbachia in high-rise buildings in Selangor, Malaysia

   • Muhammad Aidil Roslan
   • Romano Ngui
   • Wan Yusoff Wan Sulaiman

   Original Research Paper 01 April 2024

   

5. Do sterile males and females synergistically suppress pests targeted by the sterile insect technique?

   • Chihiro Himuro
   • Yusuke Ikegawa

   Original Research Paper 25 March 2024 Pages: 185 - 193

   

6. Dehydroabietic acid, an aromatic abietane diterpenoid, attracts termite workers

   • Yuki Mitaka
   • Kenji Matsuura
   • Toshiharu Akino

   Original Research Paper 23 March 2024 Pages: 195 - 201

   

7. Intercropping and flower strips to enhance natural enemies and control aphids: a comparative study in cabbage fields of Japan and Germany

   • Ryuji Uesugi
   • Anna Köneke
   • Koukichi Nagasaka

   Original Research Paper 16 March 2024 Pages: 173 - 183

   

8. Mating behavior and functional morphology of genitalia in longhorn beetle Dorysthenes granulosus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)

   • Xin Tong
   • Zhong-Yan Huang
   • Qi Huang

   Original Research Paper 16 March 2024 Pages: 163 - 171

   

9. Influence of fertilized tomato plant cultivars on demography and population projection of Trichogramma principium (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

   • Gholamhossein Gharekhani
   • Fereshteh Salehi
   • Jalal Shirazi

   Original Research Paper 06 March 2024 Pages: 127 - 143

   

10. Evaluation of rice resistance against Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and Nephotettix cincticeps Uhler (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) using glucometer analysis of honeydew

    • Tatsuhiko Yokozeki
    • Yukiko Matsumoto
    • Yasumori Tamura

    Brief Report 04 March 2024 Pages: 217 - 223

    

11. Efficient quantification of Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) in large amounts of soil using probe-based real-time PCR

    • Itaru Sakata
    • Kenji Itou
    • Atsuhiko Kushida

    Original Research Paper 24 February 2024 Pages: 145 - 153

    

12. Spatio-temporal distribution of adults and eggs of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on sweet potato stems

    • Kimiko Urasaki
    • Kentarou Matsumura
    • Takahisa Miyatake

    Original Research Paper Open access 21 February 2024 Pages: 117 - 126

    

13. Effects of artificial light on the arrival time, duration of stay, and departure time of nocturnal flying insects

    • Masaki Kasai
    • Mantaro Hironaka

    Original Research Paper Open access 12 February 2024 Pages: 155 - 162

    

14. Reemergence and sister brood establishment in the bark beetle Polygraphus proximus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) under laboratory conditions

    • Etsuro Takagi
    • Shino Yamanaka

    Original Research Paper Open access 02 February 2024 Pages: 111 - 116

    

15. Seasonal prevalence of the invasive rusty-spotted longhorn beetle, Apriona swainsoni (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), adults in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

    • Yukari Anzai
    • Eiriki Sunamura
    • Etsuko Shoda-Kagaya

    Brief Report Open access 31 January 2024 Pages: 211 - 216

    

16. Redescriptions of three Japanese conifer-infesting gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) described by M. Inouye, with description of a new genus for Aschistonyx eppoi

    • Junichi Yukawa
    • Makoto Tokuda
    • Fumito Yano

    Original Research Paper 30 January 2024 Pages: 79 - 89

    

17. Efficacy evaluation of low-volume concentrate application of pesticides by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using an indoor spraying device

    • Hiroyuki Murata
    • Shinichi Masui
    • Yuta Tsuchida

    Original Research Paper 28 January 2024 Pages: 103 - 110

    

18. Volatiles from soybean flowers attract the Mexican soybean weevil, Rhyssomatus nigerrimus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    • Mónica González-Domínguez
    • Guillermo López-Guillén
    • Leopoldo Cruz-López

    Original Research Paper 23 January 2024 Pages: 91 - 101

    

19. Persistence of imidacloprid in trunk injected horse chestnut and its impact on Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)

    • Urszula Walczak
    • Marian J. Giertych
    • Edward Baraniak

    Brief Report 08 January 2024 Pages: 203 - 210

    

20. How can population models contribute to contemporary pest management practices?

    • Takehiko Yamanaka

    Review Open access 29 December 2023 Pages: 1 - 12

    

21. Inhibition of oenocytoid lysis of the common cutworm Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by carbon dioxide gas

    • Yutaka Kurihara
    • Haruhisa Wago

    Original Research Paper 27 December 2023 Pages: 61 - 70

    

22. No evidence for the involvement of juvenile hormone III and 20-hydroxyecdysone in maternal decisions for embryonic diapause and diapause entry in the band-legged ground cricket Dianemobius nigrofasciatus (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae)

    • Yuta Shimizu
    • Shin G. Goto

    Original Research Paper 14 December 2023 Pages: 51 - 59

    

23. Intra- and inter-specific competition between two stone leek leafminer Liriomyza chinensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) biotypes in Japan

    • Chihiro Urairi

    Original Research Paper 04 December 2023 Pages: 41 - 50

    

24. Correction: Long-term influence (1982–2023) of the introduced parasitoid Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) on the invasive pest, the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), at a starting point of the classical biological control in Japan

    • Seiichi Moriya
    • Masakazu Shiga
    • Kaori Yara

    Correction 22 November 2023 Pages: 29 - 29

25. Evaluation of reference genes for expression studies in the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

    • Neenu Augustine
    • Upasna Selvapandian
    • Muthugounder Mohan

    Original Research Paper 06 November 2023 Pages: 31 - 40

    

26. Correction: Autophagic chemicals effect for male-killing Wolbachia, Atg8 and TOR genes in Ostrinia scapulalis (Lepidoptera:Crambidae)

    • Achmad Gazali
    • Takafumi N. Sugimoto
    • Yohsuke Tagami

    Correction 02 November 2023 Pages: 77 - 77

27. Long-term influence (1982–2023) of the introduced parasitoid Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) on the invasive pest, the chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), at a starting point of the classical biological control in Japan

    • Seiichi Moriya
    • Masakazu Shiga
    • Kaori Yara

    Original Research Paper 28 October 2023 Pages: 21 - 28

    

28. Comparison of Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) recruitment to hydrogel baits and other food sources

    • Eiriki Sunamura
    • Mina Yamahara
    • Katsuyuki Eguchi

    Brief Report 11 October 2023 Pages: 71 - 76

    

29. Immature Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) adults are potential edible insects rich in carotenoids

    • Ryohei Sugahara
    • Masaki Honda
    • Ryota Mitsuhashi

    Original Research Paper 03 October 2023 Pages: 13 - 20

    

30. Effects of neonicotinoid insecticide trunk injections on non-target arboreal ants, potential biological control agents for invasive longhorn beetle Aromia bungii on cherry trees

    • Eiriki Sunamura
    • Shigeaki Tamura
    • Etsuko Shoda-Kagaya

    Brief Report 09 September 2023 Pages: 401 - 407

    

31. Laboratory experiments of Stigmatomyces majewskii (Laboulbeniales: Laboulbeniaceae) infection on Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    • Izumi Yamazaki
    • Moe Onuma
    • Kyoichi Sawamura

    Original Research Paper 31 August 2023 Pages: 379 - 385

    

32. Methylobacterium sp. isolated from the midgut of Anopheles stephensi inhibits egg maturation in host ovary

    • Jun Hakozaki
    • Yusuke Nonogaki
    • Hiromi Ikadai

    Original Research Paper 19 August 2023 Pages: 369 - 377

    

33. Cuticular protein genes are involved with insecticide resistance mechanism in red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

    • Paratthakorn Ongsirimongkol
    • Patchara Sirasoonthorn
    • Ken Miura

    Original Research Paper 29 July 2023 Pages: 357 - 368

    

34. Globular galls on Haloxylon (Centrospermae: Chenopodiaceae) induced by gall midges, and the corresponding parasitoids in China

    • Qian Zhao
    • Dong-kang Zhang
    • Hong-ying Hu

    Original Research Paper 22 July 2023 Pages: 345 - 356

    

35. Structural and functional studies of pattern recognition receptors βGRP1 and βGRP2 in Sogatella furcifera

    • ChunLi Luo
    • SiQi Chen
    • Jing Chen

    Original Research Paper 19 July 2023 Pages: 303 - 313

    

36. Structural remodeling of midgut symbiotic organ and altered food flow upon metamorphosis of the stinkbug Plautia stali

    • Sayumi Oishi
    • Minoru Moriyama
    • Takema Fukatsu

    Brief Report 14 July 2023 Pages: 393 - 399

    

37. Biological and population growth traits of Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on various mung bean (Vigna radiata) varieties

    • Shabnam Zamani Fard
    • Seyed Ali Hemmati
    • Parviz Shishehbor

    Original Research Paper 14 July 2023 Pages: 335 - 344

    

38. First definitive host record of Liopteridae revealed by biological observations and molecular biological assays: Paramblynotus koreanus (Hymenoptera: Liopteridae) is a parasitoid of Carcilia strigicollis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    • Hiroshi Kodama
    • Tatsuya Ide

    Brief Report 07 July 2023 Pages: 387 - 391

    

39. Pheromone-baited cone traps are efficient for catching the bean webworm, Pleuroptya ruralis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

    • Kazuki Shibuya
    • Nobuyuki Endo
    • Hiroaki Takeuchi

    Original Research Paper 06 July 2023 Pages: 329 - 334

    

40. Discovery of the gall midge Schizomyia castanopsisae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing inflorescence galls on Castanopsis sieboldii (Fagaceae) from Honshu, Japan and the possibility of its recent range expansion

    • Makoto Tokuda
    • Yoshifumi So
    • Nobuhiko Kotaka

    Original Research Paper 26 June 2023 Pages: 315 - 322

    

41. Intra-species variation of ovipositor morphology and oviposition preference in Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    • Junichi Akutsu
    • Takashi Matsuo

    Original Research Paper Open access 23 June 2023 Pages: 323 - 328

    

42. Towards automatic monitoring of insect pests using IoT camera-equipped pheromone traps: a case study for Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    • Satoshi Kawakita
    • Tatsuya Sato

    Original Research Paper 18 June 2023 Pages: 265 - 272

    

43. Induction of leaf curling in cassava plants by the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

    • Shun-ichiro Takano
    • Yoshinori Utsumi
    • Keiji Takasu

    Original Research Paper 14 June 2023 Pages: 279 - 290

    

44. DIPA-CRISPR gene editing in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

    • Yu Shirai
    • Momoyo Takahashi
    • Takaaki Daimon

    Original Research Paper 09 June 2023 Pages: 273 - 278

    

45. Sex and strain-specific spectral attraction of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): behavioral studies

    • Sota Sone
    • Takahisa Miyatake

    Original Research Paper Open access 07 June 2023 Pages: 257 - 263

    

46. Characterization of the atypical Meloidogyne arenaria (Tylenchina: Meloidogynidae) in Japan

    • Gaku Murata
    • Toshihisa Yashiro
    • Takashi Narabu

    Original Research Paper 11 May 2023 Pages: 245 - 255

    

47. Characteristics of the takeout protein ce-0330 in the silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

    • Takahiro Shiotsuki
    • Rintaro Suzuki
    • Shuhei Henmi

    Original Research Paper 02 May 2023 Pages: 237 - 244

    

48. Mating behaviors and multiple mating in the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae)

    • Kei Inada
    • Toshinori Minemura
    • Takaaki Daimon

    Brief Report 19 April 2023 Pages: 297 - 302

    

49. Effect of quorum sensing inducers and inhibitors on male-killing Wolbachia, the endosymbiont of the adzuki bean borer, Ostrinia scapulalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

    • Ardhiani Kurnia Hidayanti
    • Takafumi N. Sugimoto
    • Yohsuke Tagami

    Original Research Paper 15 April 2023 Pages: 229 - 236

    

50. Localization of symbiotic bacteria in embryogenesis of the lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica and the African powderpost beetle Lyctus africanus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

    • Bin Hirota
    • Ryuichi Koga
    • Takema Fukatsu

    Brief Report 10 April 2023 Pages: 291 - 296