The late Prof. Emeritus Toshitaka Hidaka.
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Obituary for Professor Emeritus Toshitaka HIDAKA, Former Member of the icipe Governing Council
A former member of the icipe Governing Council, Prof. Emeritus Toshitaka Hidaka passed away on 14 November 2009, aged 79. Prof Hidaka served as a member of the icipe governing from 1988 to 1993.
Born in Tokyo on 26 February 1930, Prof. Hidaka graduated with a degree in Zoology from Tokyo University in 1952. He earned his PhD from the same university in 1961.
From 1959, Prof Hidaka held many academic positions at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for several years. He joined Kyoto University as a professor in 1975, rising to the position of Dean of the Faculty of Science. After his retirement in 1995, he became an Emeritus Professor of the university.
His prominent contributions in Japan include serving as the president of three significant organisations: the Entomological Society of Japan, from 1973 to 1974; The Japan Ethological Society between 1982 and 1983; The University of Shiga Prefecture from 1995 to 2001. Between 2001 and 2007, Prof Hidaka was the Director of Research Institute of Humanity and Nature.
As a scientist, Prof Hidaka was widely published. His main publications include:
Obara, Y. and Hidaka, T. (1968) Recognition of the female by the male, on the basis of ultra-violet reflection, in the white cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora Boisduval. Proceedings of the Japan Academy 44: 829-832.
Hidaka, T. (1972) Biology of Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in Japan. XIV. Mating behavior. Applied Entomology and Zoology 7: 116-132.
Hidaka, T. and Yamashita, K. (1975) Wing color pattern as the releaser of mating behavior in the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 10: 263-267.
Hidaka, T. (ed.) (1977) Adaptation and speciation in the fall webworm. Kodansha, Tokyo
Awiti, L. R. S. and Hidaka, T. (1982) Neuroendocrine mechanism involved in pupal colour dimorphism in swallowtail Papilio xuthus L. Insect Science and Its Application 3: 181-191.
