Nobuto Yamada, Taiyo Yoshioka, Aki Sagisaka, Tsunenori Kameda, Ryoko T. Ichiki
{"title":"Silk-assisted hatching of the Japanese bagworm moth Eumeta variegata (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)","authors":"Nobuto Yamada, Taiyo Yoshioka, Aki Sagisaka, Tsunenori Kameda, Ryoko T. Ichiki","doi":"10.1111/ens.12528","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12528","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bagworms constantly carry a portable bag with their prolegs inside, even when walking. Therefore, bagworms have a unique walking style. Bagworms construct footholds with silk and walk using only their thoracic legs. Bagworms build their bag immediately after hatching and carry them for the rest of their lives. Therefore, the only period when they move without a bag is immediately after hatching, when they move away from the hatched egg. We assessed their movement behavior in the period immediately after hatching when all legs were available, including prolegs. Our observations revealed that hatching <i>Eumeta variegata</i> (Japan's largest bagworm species) spun foothold silk threads even as they left the egg. From the moment the head broke out of the egg, larvae began spinning foothold silk threads. To do this, larvae twisted their anterior regions approximately 90° immediately before hatching. This finding indicates that larvae prepare to spin foothold silk threads during embryonic development.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47085780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Makoto Tokuda, Kota Kawauchi, Hiroki Matsuda, Akinori Naito, Yoshifumi So, Ayman Khamis Elsayed, Takeshi Kikuchi, Nobuhiko Kotaka
{"title":"Hundreds of billions of silent outbreaks: A historic outbreak record of the gall midge Schizomyia castanopsisae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on the Izu Islands, Tokyo, Japan, and its potential mechanism","authors":"Makoto Tokuda, Kota Kawauchi, Hiroki Matsuda, Akinori Naito, Yoshifumi So, Ayman Khamis Elsayed, Takeshi Kikuchi, Nobuhiko Kotaka","doi":"10.1111/ens.12524","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12524","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Herbivore outbreaks cause serious damage to forest trees. In recent decades, outbreaks of the gall midge <i>Schizomyia castanopsisae</i> (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing inflorescence galls on <i>Castanopsis sieboldii</i> (Fagaceae) occurred in the Izu Islands, Tokyo, Japan. We investigated the gall density on the islands and estimated the larval population on Miyakejima Island. We also surveyed seasonal changes in larval age structure, presence of natural enemies, larval cold tolerance, and thermal effects on the adult emergence. In addition, we conducted molecular phylogenetic analyses of <i>S. castanopsisae</i> populations among different localities. The gall density was particularly high in southern parts (from Miyakejima to Aogashima) of the Izu Islands. The gall midge seemed to have been expanding its range toward northern parts in recent years. On Miyakejima, the larval population was estimated to be approximately 158 and 36 bn in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Parasitoids were not found in the dissection of galls. A cold temperature treatment did not affect the percentage of adult emergence. Developmental zero and thermal constant during the period from larval departure to adult emergence were estimated to be 4.7°C and 588.2°C-days in males and 7.4°C and 476.2°C-days in females, and the adults were predicted to emerge in April. Populations in Kyushu were genetically distinct from those in Okinawajima and the Izu Islands, but a common haplotype was found between the latter two localities. These imply that <i>S. castanopsisae</i> on the Izu Islands may be a recent invasion, and the absence of natural enemies causes its outbreaks.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48274053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jae-Min Jung, Se-Hyun Kim, Sunghoon Jung, Wang-Hee Lee
{"title":"Spatial and climatic analyses for predicting potential distribution of an invasive ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)","authors":"Jae-Min Jung, Se-Hyun Kim, Sunghoon Jung, Wang-Hee Lee","doi":"10.1111/ens.12527","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12527","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Argentine ant (<i>Linepithema humile</i>) is an invasive species that rapidly enters into new areas, causing worldwide ecological concern. Early assessment of its potential habitat could indicate areas that we need to pay attention to in advance, to prevent its invasion; therefore, in this study we aimed to predict the potential spatial distribution of the Argentine ant and analyze the climatic characteristics of its occurrence sites. The CLIMEX model was used to predict the spatial distribution of this ant species, while the probability density function was employed to extract climatic preferences in places where their main habitats are located. High climatic suitability was predicted in the eastern United States, eastern South America, central Africa, eastern Australia, and a few regions in India and China, suggesting the high possibility of its invasion worldwide. The frequency of occurrence was highest at approximately 20°C monthly average maximum temperature, 8°C monthly average minimum temperature, and 10 mm monthly precipitation. In addition, the occurrence records of Argentine ants were mostly shown to be above sub-zero temperatures. We expect that these results can be used to identify new areas exposed to the risk of Argentine ant invasion and for further application to establish monitoring strategies in advance.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47829205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu Gao, Lei Chen, Ying-lu Hu, Xin-yue Tian, Yue-ying Wang, Zi-jie Wang, Yi-jin Zhao, Jin-bu Li, Shu-sen Shi
{"title":"Laboratory evaluation of leguminous plants for the development and reproduction of the bean bug Riptortus pedestris (Hemiptera: Alydidae)","authors":"Yu Gao, Lei Chen, Ying-lu Hu, Xin-yue Tian, Yue-ying Wang, Zi-jie Wang, Yi-jin Zhao, Jin-bu Li, Shu-sen Shi","doi":"10.1111/ens.12525","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12525","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Riptortus pedestris</i> is one of the most destructive pests of leguminous crops in East Asia. In this study, we assessed the effect of different leguminous plant species, including soybean, wild soybean, white kidney bean, runner bean, pea, cowpea, adzuki bean, mung bean, faba bean, and lentil vetch, on the development and reproduction of <i>R. pedestris</i>. We found that leguminous plant species significantly affect the developmental duration and survivability of the nymphs, adult longevity, and oviposition and fecundity in <i>R. pedestris</i>. The nymphs completed their development on all of these plants. The developmental duration of nymphs was the shortest (16.24 ± 0.57 days) on soybean and the longest (31.33 ± 1.76 days) on faba bean. The rates of survival of nymphs on soybean and pea were 93.2% and 93.0%, respectively. Female adults survived the longest on soybean (64.67 ± 6.64 days) and the shortest (13.27 ± 3.67 days) on white kidney bean. The fecundity on faba bean (decorticated pods) (143.0 ± 28.04 eggs) and soybean (116.63 ± 12.76 eggs) was higher than those on other plants. The age-specific life table revealed that the population trend index values were all >1 except on wild soybean and faba bean, and the highest was on soybean (30.36), followed by pea (21.0). Soybean and pea were identified as the most suitable hosts for <i>R. pedestris</i> because of their shorter developmental duration, higher survivability, longevity and fecundity and greater population trend index on these hosts, while wild soybean and faba bean were relatively unsuitable host plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41855018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Campili Pereira, German Antonio Villanueva-Bonilla, Raul Azevedo, Jober Fernando Sobczak
{"title":"Behavioral manipulation in two sheet web weaver-spider by the parasitoid wasp, Eruga unilabiana Pádua & Sobczak, 2018 (hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)","authors":"Luis Campili Pereira, German Antonio Villanueva-Bonilla, Raul Azevedo, Jober Fernando Sobczak","doi":"10.1111/ens.12523","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12523","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ability of some organisms to manipulate the behavior, physiology, and morphology of other individuals to increase the chances of survival and reproduction is well known among animals with a parasitic lifestyle. In the present study we (i) report the interaction between the parasitoid wasp <i>Eruga unilabiana</i> and the host spider <i>Eurymorion</i> sp. (Linyphiidae) for the first time (plus <i>Sphecozone</i> sp. (Linyphiidae)), (ii) describe the normal and cocoon webs of <i>Eurymorion</i> sp. induced by larvae of the penultimate instar of <i>E. unilabiana</i>, (iii) quantify the differences between the structures of normal and cocoon webs of <i>Eurymorion</i> sp. and <i>Sphecozone</i> sp. spiders, and (iv) describe the behavior of two spider species under influence of the penultimate instar larvae of <i>E. unilabiana</i>. The cocoon webs built by parasitized <i>Eurymorion</i> sp. are structurally similar to those of <i>Sphecozone</i> sp. induced by the same parasitoid species. The areas of the sheets and the length of the interception threads of the cocoon webs were significantly smaller than those of normal webs. Several individuals of the two species of host spiders are induced to abandon their normal webs to build a cocoon web from scratch, a rare behavior in non-parasitized individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45891577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sandy beach dwelling crickets (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae) have no preference for substrates that match their body color","authors":"Riho Sato, Takashi Kuriwada","doi":"10.1111/ens.12522","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12522","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Habitat choice is an important behavior for maximizing fitness. One of the factors involved in habitat choice is preference for habitat substrates. In the context of predatory avoidance, it is adaptive to prefer substrates that are matched to own body color. The ground cricket <i>Dianemobius csikii</i> (Bolívar, 1901) occurs on sandy beaches. The body color of <i>D. csikii</i> resembles the sand of their habitat, which could be a form of crypsis. If <i>D. csikii</i> is not able to choose a suitable habitat background that matches their body color, the crickets incur a high risk of predation. The risk could result in population decline of the cricket. To examine whether <i>D. csikii</i> shows preference for substrates that match its body color, we undertook a two-choice test of sand or soil substrates after controlling the type of flooring substrates used during rearing. The crickets did not show preference for sand. There was no significant effect of flooring substrates during the nymph stage on the preference. These results suggest that when habitats are fragmented, crickets do not actively choose a cryptic background. There were significant differences in the substrate preference between sexes. These results reflect differences in the reproductive strategies of males and females.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49081205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photoperiodic control of protogyny in the lawn ground cricket, Polionemobius mikado (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae)","authors":"Kazuhiro Tanaka","doi":"10.1111/ens.12521","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12521","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Sexual dimorphism in timing of adult emergence is common in insects. In most insects, males emerge before female (protandry), however, some insects show earlier female emergence (protogyny). Here, I report the effects of photoperiod on protogyny in the lawn ground cricket (<i>Polionemobius mikado</i>). Upon exposure to different photoperiods at 26 °C, <i>P. mikado</i> females were found to emerge earlier than the males in the short-day photoperiod. However, no difference in the nymphal development duration was observed between the sexes in the long-day photoperiod. Protogynous development is expected to be more pronounced in the crickets that eclosed later in the year than those that eclosed earlier; therefore, its adaptive significance is closely associated with environmental seasonality that is encountered by the eclosed females.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41752550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of Aphis coronillae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) clones with anholocyclic life cycle","authors":"Takanori Tsukahara, Jiqing Xue, Kiyohiko Kagawa, Shoji Sonoda","doi":"10.1111/ens.12520","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12520","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined the life history traits of <i>Aphis coronillae</i> Ferrari (Hemiptera: Aphididae) clones collected in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan. Results showed that the collected clones are classifiable into two life cycle forms: holocyclic and anholocyclic. No significant difference in nymphal development, fecundity, or adult longevity was observed between holocyclic and anholocyclic clones. Results also indicated that photoperiod and temperature affect sexual morph production in holocyclic clones.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45407540","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphological characteristics of the nymphal stages of the giant Asian mantis, Hierodula chinensis Werner (Mantodea: Mantidae), an alien species in Japan, with remarks on its identification","authors":"Raito Ioka, Shouhei Ueda, Norio Hirai","doi":"10.1111/ens.12518","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12518","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We identified an alien praying mantis found in Japan as the giant Asian mantis <i>Hierodula chinensis</i> by observing the characteristics of male genitalia. Nymphs hatched from oothecae collected in Nara Prefecture, Japan, were reared in a breeding room and compared with nymphs of the native Japanese species <i>H. patellifera</i>. Different from <i>H. patellifera</i>, the <i>H. chinensis</i> individuals passed through 5–7 nymphal instars before emerging as adults. The body color of the <i>H. chinensis</i> nymphs was brownish gray in the first instar, whereas the second and later instars were green. Unlike <i>H. chinensis</i>, <i>H. patellifera</i> had mottled patterns all over its body during the first to third instar. The first to third instar nymphs of <i>H. chinensis</i> had mottled patterns on the femurs of their forelegs, which is a diagnostic characteristic that no native praying mantis species has. From the fourth instar, 7–10 dorsal spines were observed on the foreleg coxa of <i>H. chinensis</i>, whereas only 3 or 4 spines were observed in <i>H. patellifera.</i> These findings show that <i>H. chinensis</i> and <i>H. patellifera</i> can be distinguished in all nymphal instars.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44267635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hasumi Kawagoe, Takao Itioka, Fujio Hyodo, Asano Iku, Usun Shimizu-kaya, Paulus Meleng
{"title":"Evidence in stable isotope ratios for lichen-feeding by Lithosiini moths from a tropical rainforest but not from a temperate forest","authors":"Hasumi Kawagoe, Takao Itioka, Fujio Hyodo, Asano Iku, Usun Shimizu-kaya, Paulus Meleng","doi":"10.1111/ens.12519","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12519","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) is distinctive in having some species that feed on lichens, whereas the majority of moths feed on vascular plants. However, the larval diet of most Lithosiini species is poorly known. This study examines whether Lithosiini species, collected in a tropical rainforest of Borneo (nine species) and a temperate forest of Japan (eight species), feed on lichens as larvae, based on stable isotope analyses. As a result, the δ<sup>15</sup>N values for eight of nine Lithosiini species collected from Borneo were notably lower than those of nine co-occurring herbivorous non-Lithosiini species, and were similar to those of sympatric, lichen-feeding termites; however, δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N values of one Lithosiini species (<i>Adites</i> sp.) were significantly higher than those of the other moth species and similar to those of humus-feeding termites and predatory insects occurring at the same site. These results have suggested that the Lithosiini in the Southeast Asian tropical rainforests contain some species that feed on lichens as their larval main diet and at least one species whose larvae feed on humus or animal-derived materials. In contrast, the δ<sup>13</sup>C and δ<sup>15</sup>N values of all examined Lithosiini species (eight species) in the temperate forest have suggested that their larvae fed on plants and not on lichens. Our stable isotope ratio analysis presented quantitative evidence suggesting lichen-feeding by Lithosiini moths in a tropical rainforest without observation of feeding behavior during the larval stages.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48191304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}