Abstract
Epistictina reicheana (Guerin) is being reported from new localities in Karnataka and Maharashtra states for the first time. Stereospermum coalis (Eillw), a Bignoniaceae tree, is found to be the host plant of this tortoise beetle. Record of this hot plant is to be treated as the first Bignoniaceae host plant for an Oriental species of tortoise beetle. Additional information is provided about the ootheca, larvae and pupa.