ABSTRACT. First record of Harm onia axyridis (Palias) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) : a lady bcetle nativc to the Palaearctic rcgion. Specimens of Harmonia axyridis (Pal ias, 1773) an asiatic species were caugth in Capão do Tigre, Curitiba, Paraná, South of Brazil, for the fim time, feedi ng on Tillocallis Iwlill\valllokani (Kirkaldy) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) on Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus (Lythraceae).
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