Knowledge on movement and spatial patterns of insect pest populations among preferred hosts aids in the development of effective pest management strategies. In this study, we quantified the spatiotemporal dynamics of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål 1855), in relation to field corn, Zea mays L., and soybean, Glycine max (L.), crop phenology. We also examined the ...

The stink bug genus Ochrophara Stål, 1871 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatominae, Sephelini) is dis-tributed in the Oriental Region, including southern China; however, no species has been recorded Japan. To date, O. chinensis Zheng & Liu, 1987 only reported China. In present study, and were Japan for first time based on materials from Okinawa Ishigaki islands of Ryuky...