1. Message from the new Chief Editor

   • Tetsuo Gotoh

   Editorial 20 January 2013 Pages: 1 - 1

2. From Asian curiosity to eruptive American pest: Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) and prospects for its biological control

   • John R. Ruberson
   • Keiji Takasu
   • Michael D. Toews

   Review 21 October 2012 Pages: 3 - 13

   

3. True identity of the shiitake fungus moth, Morophagoides moriutii (Lepidoptera: Tineidae)

   • Yohei Osada
   • Toshiya Hirowatari
   • Makoto Sakai

   Original Research Paper 30 October 2012 Pages: 15 - 20

   

4. Development and reproduction of a potential biological control agent, Aphelinus varipes (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), at different temperatures

   • Keisuke Yashima
   • Tamotsu Murai

   Original Research Paper 02 November 2012 Pages: 21 - 26

   

5. Identification of the sex pheromone secreted by Synanthedon tenuis (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)

   • Hideshi Naka
   • Toshiro Suzuki
   • Tetsu Ando

   Original Research Paper 07 November 2012 Pages: 27 - 33

   

6. No seasonal trend in infection of the pale grass blue butterfly, Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), by Wolbachia

   • Takuto Sumi
   • Kazuki Miura
   • Takahisa Miyatake

   Original Research Paper 22 November 2012 Pages: 35 - 38

   

7. Resistance of wheat cultivars and lines to Schizaphis graminum (Hemiptera: Aphididae) under laboratory conditions

   • S. Mojahed
   • J. Razmjou
   • B. Naseri

   Original Research Paper 15 November 2012 Pages: 39 - 45

8. Maternal effects of photoperiods on glycogen metabolism related to induction of diapause in Cotesia vestalis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Jilin, China

   • Zhong-Ping Hao
   • Bin Tang
   • Zu-Hua Shi

   Original Research Paper 05 December 2012 Pages: 47 - 56

   

9. Seasonal phenology and relative preference of Closterotomus (Calocoris) trivialis (Hemiptera: Miridae) on olive, citrus and associated host plants in the field

   • Αrgyro Kalaitzaki
   • Adel Amara
   • Antonios Tsagkarakis

   Original Research Paper 30 December 2012 Pages: 57 - 63

   

10. Short-term effects of mowing on insect communities in Japanese peach orchards

    • Shoji Sonoda
    • Jun Yamashita
    • Takashi Enomoto

    Original Research Paper 11 December 2012 Pages: 65 - 72

    

11. Effects of male age on the mating behavior of both sexes in the sorghum plant bug, Stenotus rubrovittatus (Hemiptera: Miridae)

    • Keiko Kitsunezuka
    • Yasuyo Okutani-Akamatsu
    • Keiko Oku

    Original Research Paper 20 December 2012 Pages: 73 - 77

    

12. Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the abundance of foliar-feeding insects and their natural enemy

    • Koji Ueda
    • Keitaro Tawaraya
    • Hironori Yasuda

    Original Research Paper 17 January 2013 Pages: 79 - 85

    

13. Ecological, morphological and molecular studies on Ganaspis individuals (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) attacking Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

    • Nazuki Kasuya
    • Hideyuki Mitsui
    • Masahito T. Kimura

    Original Research Paper 12 January 2013 Pages: 87 - 92

    

14. Isolation of novel microsatellite markers for the social parasitoid wasp, Copidosoma floridanum (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

    • Yudai Nishide
    • Kenta Watanabe
    • Kikuo Iwabuchi

    Technical Note 13 October 2012 Pages: 93 - 96