Euscelidius variegatus (Kirschbaum, 1858)

Athysanus variegatus Kirschbaum, 1858a: 9

Euscelidius variegatus; Reis and Aguin-Pombo, 2003: 28

Distribution. Palaearctic. MADEIRA: reported from coastal areas up to 1175m on both slopes of Island (Reis and Aguin-Pombo, 2003).

Food plants. Brachypodium sylvaticum, Brachiaria mutica (Gramineae), Trifolium repens (Leguminosae) and Apium nodiflorum (Umbelliferae) (Reis and Aguin-Pombo, 2003) . Remarks. An important vector of phytoplasmas and other microorganisms (Palermo et al., 2001).