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Thickness of woody tissue of host plants may affect behaviors of wood-using insects that excavate the woody tissue during oviposition. To determine whether females of the bamboo-using lizard beetle, Doubledaya bucculenta (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Languriinae) choose thin-walled areas of Pleioblastus simonii bamboo internodes to penetrate the wall for oviposition, we investigated the diameter and wall thickness at each of the relative heights (0 to 10 from basal node) within internodes and the distribution pattern of oviposition marks of D. bucculenta within each internode. Internodes of P. simonii were tapered and the wall was thinnest around the relative heights 7 and 8. Most oviposition marks were made where the wall was thinnest. Therefore, it is suggested that D. bucculenta females prefer thin-walled areas of P. simonii internodes for oviposition.
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Entomological Science is the official English language journal of the Entomological Society of Japan. The Journal publishes original research papers and reviews from any entomological discipline or from directly allied field in ecology, behavioral biology, physiology, biochemistry, development, genetics, systematics, morphology, evolution and general entomology. Papers of applied entomology will be considered for publication if they significantly advance in the field of entomological science in the opinion of the Editors and Editorial Board.
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