1. Genome profiling implies high genetic diversity in microsporidia isolated from the common cutworm, Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Vietnam

   • Yoshinori Hatakeyama
   • Hisayuki Oda
   • Hidetoshi Iwano

   Original Research Paper 27 April 2011 Pages: 293 - 299

   

2. Phylogenetic analysis of Metarhizium spp. isolated from soil in Japan

   • Oumi Nishi
   • Keiichi Hasegawa
   • Susumu Shimizu

   Original Research Paper 07 May 2011 Pages: 301 - 309

   

3. Effect of insecticides on the mortalities of three whitefly parasitoid species, Eretmocerus mundus, Eretmocerus eremicus and Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

   • Keitaro Sugiyama
   • Haruki Katayama
   • Tsutomu Saito

   Original Research Paper 20 May 2011 Pages: 311 - 317

4. Changes in voltinism in a pine moth Dendrolimus spectabilis (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) population: implications of climate change

   • Won Il Choi
   • Young-Kyu Park
   • Hai-Poong Lee

   Original Research Paper 07 May 2011 Pages: 319 - 325

   

5. A new species of the genus Stathmopoda (Lepidoptera: Stathmopodidae) closely related to the persimmon pest, S. masinissa, from Ryukyu Islands, Japan

   • Takeshi Terada
   • Yositaka Sakamaki
   • Suguru Ohno

   Original Research Paper Open access 24 May 2011 Pages: 327 - 333

   

6. Effects of pesticide practices on insect biodiversity in peach orchards

   • Shoji Sonoda
   • Yohei Izumi
   • Hideya Yoshida

   Original Research Paper 21 April 2011 Pages: 335 - 342

   

7. Genetic isolation of the sorghum plant bug Stenotus rubrovittatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures

   • Tetsuya Kobayashi
   • Nobuhiro Matsuki
   • Tomoyuki Yokosuka

   Original Research Paper 27 April 2011 Pages: 343 - 351

   

8. In search of the best pollinators for canola (Brassica napus L.) production in Pakistan

   • Mudssar Ali
   • Shafqat Saeed
   • Andrew Whittington

   Original Research Paper 27 May 2011 Pages: 353 - 361

   

9. Genetic variation of the white-spotted longicorn beetle Anoplophora spp. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Japan detected by mitochondrial DNA sequence

   • Masahiko Muraji
   • Sadao Wakamura
   • Kunihiko Matsuhira

   Original Research Paper 09 July 2011 Pages: 363 - 373

   

10. Risk to nontarget plants from Ophraella communa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a potential biological control agent of alien invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Asteraceae) in China

    • Zhenjun Cao
    • Hongyuan Wang
    • Baoping Li

    Original Research Paper 10 May 2011 Pages: 375 - 381

    

11. New information on host plants and distribution ranges of an invasive gall midge, Contarinia maculipennis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and its congeners in Japan

    • Nami Uechi
    • Junichi Yukawa
    • Masahiro Taniguchi

    Original Research Paper 15 May 2011 Pages: 383 - 389

    

12. bHLH-ORANGE family genes regulate the expression of E-box clock genes in Drosophila

    • Taichi Q. Itoh
    • Teiichi Tanimura
    • Akira Matsumoto

    Original Research Paper 26 May 2011 Pages: 391 - 397

    

13. Effects of coadministration of chemical insecticides with nucleopolyhedrovirus SpltNPV on the dietary intake of the common cutworm Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

    • Toru Arakawa
    • Osamu Namba
    • Ken Tateishi

    Original Research Paper 25 May 2011 Pages: 399 - 405

14. Larvae of the green lacewing Mallada desjardinsi (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) protect themselves against aphid-tending ants by carrying dead aphids on their backs

    • Masayuki Hayashi
    • Masashi Nomura

    Original Research Paper 28 May 2011 Pages: 407 - 413

    

15. Sex pheromone of the African armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): identification of components of the Okinawan population and formulation for population monitoring

    • Sadao Wakamura
    • Hiroe Yasui
    • Hiroshi Tôbaru

    Original Research Paper 07 June 2011 Pages: 415 - 420

    

16. Effect of relative humidity on population growth of Apolygus lucorum (Heteroptera: Miridae)

    • Yanhui Lu
    • Kongming Wu

    Original Research Paper 03 July 2011 Pages: 421 - 427

    

17. Seasonal abundance and reproductive season of Chauliops fallax (Heteroptera: Malcidae) on kudzu Pueraria lobata

    • Yû Suzaki
    • Ushio Koizumi
    • Takahisa Miyatake

    Original Research Paper 28 June 2011 Pages: 429 - 433

    

18. The strepsipteran parasite Elenchus japonicus (Strepsiptera, Elenchidae) of planthoppers consists of three genotypes

    • Yukiko Matsumoto
    • Masaya Matsumura
    • Hiroaki Noda

    Original Research Paper Open access 30 June 2011 Pages: 435 - 442

    

19. Effect of acetone solution in a topical application method on mortality of rice planthoppers, Nilaparvata lugens, Sogatella furcifera, and Laodelphax striatellus (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

    • Sachiyo Sanada-Morimura
    • Masaya Matsumura

    Technical Note 06 May 2011 Pages: 443 - 447

    

20. An improved space-saving system for testing photoperiodic responses of insects and mites: its use for diapause experiments in the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)

    • Takeshi Suzuki
    • Maqsood Shah
    • Katsumi Ohyama

    Technical Note 05 July 2011 Pages: 449 - 454