Taxonomic revision of the genus Lecithocera (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species.

Six Japanese species of the genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schffer, 1853 (Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae) are treated: L. chersitis Meyrick, 1918; L. daebuensis Park Lee, 1999; L.

Two New Species of the Genus (Blattodea: Corydiidae) from the Nansei Islands in Southwest Japan.

Two new species of the cockroach genus Hebard, 1929 from the Nansei Islands in Southwest Japan were compared to two closely related congeners, Asahina, 1971 and (Walker, 1868). Yanagisawa, Sakamaki, and Shimano sp. nov.

Taxonomic study of Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) in Japan, with the description of two new species.

A part of Japanese species of the genus Meyrick, 1886 are reviewed. Three species described by Omelko (1984) in the genus Meyrick, 1918 are placed in combination with ; , and These species are redescribed, and two new species, Kyaw, Yagi & Hirowatari, and Kyaw, Yagi & Hirowatari, are described based on external morphological characters of adults and genitalia of males and females. (Park, 2016), described in from Korea, is newly recorded in Japan feeding on (Euphorbiaceae).

A new genus of Pexicopiini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) for "Gelechia" acanthopis Meyrick, 1932, with review of functional morphology of male genitalia in allied genera.

The systematic status of Gelechia acanthopis Meyrick, 1932 is reviewed. The general and functional morphology of the male genitalia merits a new genus in Pexicopiini, Sitotrogoides gen. nov.

The response of three species of phytoseiid mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to synthetic pyrethroid pesticides in the laboratory and the field.

The Kanzawa spider mite, Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida, is a major pest in tea fields [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] in Japan.

Use of a Lower-Volume, Surface Pesticide Spray Conserves Spider Assemblages in a Tea Field.

Since spiders are sensitive to pesticides, the use of lower-volume pesticide sprays that specifically target the plucking surface may help to preserve their assemblages. In this study, we investigated the effect of four pyrethroid pesticides on spider populations in tea (Camellia sinensis) fields when applied using a lower-volume sprayer. Abundance and composition at family level of spiders were assessed before and after treatments.

Coherent array of branched filamentary scales along the wing margin of a small moth.

In butterflies and moths, the wing margins are fringed with specialized scales that are typically longer than common scales. In the hindwings of some small moths, the posterior margins are fringed with particularly long filamentary scales. Despite the small size of these moth wings, these scales are much longer than those of large moths and butterflies.

The Effect of Organic Fertilizers and Flowering Plants on Sheet-Web and Wolf Spider Populations (Araneae: Lycosidae and Linyphiidae) and Its Importance for Pest Control.

The main goal of this study was to identify the treatment that increases the populations of spiders, which are effective predators in agroecosystems. In 2013 and 2014 the experimental eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) field was two different treatments, organic fertilizers and chemical fertilizer treatment, and in 2014 we surrounded organic fertilizer plots with the flowering plants mealy cup sage (Salvia farinacea Benth.