1. Temperature-dependent development and life table parameters of Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on eggplant

   • Ramchandra Yadav
   • Niann-Tai Chang

   Original Research Paper 28 July 2012 Pages: 301 - 310

   

2. Effects of spring-killed pine trees on the epidemics of pine wilt disease

   • Katsumi Togashi
   • Katsunori Nakamura
   • Shota Jikumaru

   Original Research Paper 29 July 2012 Pages: 311 - 318

   

3. Occurrence of two acarivorous species of the genus Feltiella (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Okinawa, southern Japan, and redescription of F. acarivora (Zehntner)

   • Tomoko Ganaha-Kikumura
   • Junichi Yukawa
   • Junichiro Abe

   Original Research Paper 29 July 2012 Pages: 319 - 329

   

4. Host plant use for oviposition by Trigonotylus caelestialium (Hemiptera: Miridae) and Stenotus rubrovittatus (Hemiptera: Miridae)

   • Atsuhiko Nagasawa
   • Akihiko Takahashi
   • Hiroya Higuchi

   Original Research Paper 27 July 2012 Pages: 331 - 339

   

5. Establishment of a set of inbred strains of the pine wood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae), and evidence of their varying levels of virulence

   • Ryoji Shinya
   • Yuko Takeuchi
   • Kazuyoshi Futai

   Original Research Paper 29 July 2012 Pages: 341 - 350

   

6. The effect of entomopathogenic Lecanicillium spp. (Hypocreales: Cordycipitaceae) on the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Aphidiinae)

   • Daigo Aiuchi
   • Yuuna Saito
   • Masanori Koike

   Original Research Paper 11 August 2012 Pages: 351 - 357

   

7. Behavioural functions of grooming in male Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito

   • Maxime Jacquet
   • Cyrille Lebon
   • Sébastien Boyer

   Original Research Paper 06 September 2012 Pages: 359 - 363

   

8. Development of Geocoris varius and G. proteus (Hemiptera: Geocoridae) provided with Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs

   • Hiroshi Oida
   • Fujio Kadono

   Original Research Paper 29 July 2012 Pages: 365 - 372

   

9. An endoparasitic species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) attacking Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

   • Kazunori Matsuo

   Original Research Paper 22 August 2012 Pages: 373 - 378

   

10. Prediction of overseas migration of the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatellus (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in East Asia

    • Akira Otuka
    • Yijun Zhou
    • Sachiyo Sanada-Morimura

    Original Research Paper 21 August 2012 Pages: 379 - 388

    

11. Biological control potentials of insect-parasitic nematode Rhabditis blumi (Nematoda: Rhabditida) for major cruciferous vegetable insect pests

    • Hae Woong Park
    • Hyeong Hwan Kim
    • Chul Soo Shin

    Original Research Paper 09 September 2012 Pages: 389 - 397

    

12. Annual fluctuations in the immigrant density of rice planthoppers, Sogatella furcifera and Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), in the Kyushu district of Japan, and associated meteorological conditions

    • Shin-ichirou Syobu
    • Akira Otuka
    • Masaya Matsumura

    Original Research Paper 07 September 2012 Pages: 399 - 412

    

13. New records of some potential pest mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) in Japan

    • Hirotaka Tanaka
    • Takumi Uesato

    Original Research Paper 30 August 2012 Pages: 413 - 419

    

14. Suitability of poaceous plants for nymphal growth of the pecky rice bugs Trigonotylus caelestialium and Stenotus rubrovittatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) in Niigata, Japan

    • Atsuhiko Nagasawa
    • Hiroya Higuchi

    Original Research Paper 18 September 2012 Pages: 421 - 427

    

15. Susceptibility of the cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) to hypoxia

    • Toshihiro Imai
    • Naoto Fukazawa

    Original Research Paper 09 September 2012 Pages: 429 - 432

    

16. Insecticidal effect of high carbon dioxide atmospheres on thrips eggs oviposited in plant tissue

    • Masao Seki
    • Tamotsu Murai

    Original Research Paper 01 September 2012 Pages: 433 - 436

17. Suppressing effect of gamma-irradiated weevils on progeny production in the West Indian sweetpotato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    • Takashi Kuriwada
    • Norikuni Kumano
    • Tsuguo Kohama

    Original Research Paper 07 September 2012 Pages: 437 - 442

    

18. Resistance to cypermethrin in melon thrips, Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), is conferred by reduced sensitivity of the sodium channel and CYP450-mediated detoxification

    • Wen Xue Bao
    • Shoji Sonoda

    Original Research Paper 30 September 2012 Pages: 443 - 448

    

19. Quantitative analysis of the lytic cycle of WO phages infecting Wolbachia

    • Seiichi Furukawa
    • Kohjiro Tanaka
    • Tetsuhiko Sasaki

    Original Research Paper 28 September 2012 Pages: 449 - 456

    

20. Stage-specific mortality, fecundity, and population changes in Cassida rubiginosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on wild thistle

    • Shinsaku Koji
    • Kaname Kaihara
    • Koji Nakamura

    Original Research Paper 25 September 2012 Pages: 457 - 465

    

21. Method of testing insecticide susceptibility of Stenotus rubrovittatus (Hemiptera: Miridae) by topical application

    • Joji Kashin
    • Tomonari Watanabe

    Technical Note 21 August 2012 Pages: 467 - 473

    

22. Wing wear of adult Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in relation to age, sex, sex ratio, and presence of host plant

    • Marc Rhainds
    • Garrett Brodersen

    Technical Note 07 October 2012 Pages: 475 - 478

    

23. Erratum to: Presence of a short repeat sequence in internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1 of the rRNA gene of Sogatella furcifera (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) from geographically different populations in Asia

    • Qiang Fu
    • Yukiko Matsumoto
    • Hiroaki Noda

    Erratum 17 August 2012 Pages: 479 - 479

24. Erratum to: Ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV LED) trap for the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    • Masako Katsuki
    • Yusuke Omae
    • Takahisa Miyatake

    Erratum 11 September 2012 Pages: 481 - 481