Epilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius, 1775) is a pest of many plants of agricultural importance in Asia. In 1990 the species was found in Brazil, near Curitiba, State of Paraná, in cucurbitaceous and in February of 2002 specimens were collected in Solanum americanum Mill. (Solanaceae) in Itajaí, State of Santa Catarina. Adults were kept under ± 24ºC, > 53% of relative humidity, with 12 hours of photoperiod, and fed with leaves of Lycopersicum esculentum Mill. (Solanaceae). The average was 24.45 eggs per oviposition and incubation period was 7.14 days. The viability of the eggs was 63.68%. The average of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th larval instars was 5.88; 4.62; 5.88 and 9.81 days, respectively. The average of the larval development was 26.19 days and the pupal 8.19 days. The average of life cycle was 41.44 days, and of the period of pre-oviposition, oviposition and pos-oviposition was 23.57, 17.86 e 53.86 days, respectively and the fecundity of the females was 59.78 eggs. The average of longevity of male and female was 81.44 and 97.89 days, respectively.
Biology; Epilachninae; tomato plant
