Abstract:To develop artificial diets in the rearing program of coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima (Gestro), an artificial diet was designed based on the analysis of nutrition content of palm plants and experiences of artificial diet for beetle rearing. Ingredients of the artificial diet developed for B.longissima were 4% sucrose, 2% dried coconut powder, 2% soybean powder, 10% coconut old leaf powder, 2% yeast, 0.3% vitamin E, 0.2% vitamin C, 0.2% methyl p-hydroxybenzoate, 4% agar, 0.03% streptomycin and 75% water. The survival rate from hatching to pupae was about 36% when beetles were reared on the diet. There were no significant differences in pupae emergence rate which was above 90% and female ratio of adult which was about 52.4% between artificial diet rearing and coconut leaf rearing. We then examined the suitability of B.longissima reared on the artificial diet as hosts for the larval parasitoid Asecodes hispinarum and pupae parasitoid Tetrastichus brontispae was then examined. There were no significant differences in the parasite rate and female ratio of next generation of parasitoids between artificial diet rearing and natural host rearing. These results indicate that the artificial diet may be useful for rearing B.longissima larvae as hosts for the rearing of A.hispinarum and T.brontispae.