Kelisia guttulifera (Kirschbaum, 1868)

Valeria Trivellone, Eva Knop, Tabea Turrini, Line Andrey, Jean-Yves Humbert & Gernot Kunz, 2015, New and remarkable leafhoppers and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from Switzerland, Mitteilungen Der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 88, pp. 273-284 : 276

Kelisia guttulifera (Kirschbaum, 1868) ( Fig. 2 C)

First record from Switzerland: Ticino, Bellinzona, Monte Carasso, vineyard [46 ° 12 ’ 18.86 ’’ N, 8 °01’03.69’’ E, 233 m], 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 17.06. 2011, D-vac, leg. &det. Valeria. Trivellone

Second record from Switzerland: Ticino, Lavertezzo, Montedato, vineyard [46 ° 10 ’ 47.25 ’’ N, 8 ° 53 ’ 16.87 ’’ E, 336 m], 1 ♂, 24.06. 2011, D-vac, leg. &det. Valeria Trivellone .

Third record from Switzerland: Ticino, Gordola, S. Antonio, vineyard [46 ° 10 ’ 57.89 ’’ N, 8 ° 51 ’ 54.69 ’’ E, 319 m], 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 24.06. 2011 & 20.07.2011, D-vac, leg. &det. Valeria Trivellone .

Fourth record from Switzerland: Ticino, Cugnasco-Gerra, Gerra Piano, vineyard [46 ° 10 ’ 31.74 ’’ N, 8 ° 54 ’05.64’’ E, 199 m], 1 ♂, 24.06. 2011, D-vac, leg. &det.. Valeria Trivellone

Distribution: Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, former Yugoslavia.

Remarks:This species is known to feed on sedges, in this study the specimens were collected on Carex spp. from different vineyards.