Cosmoscarta is a genus of
froghoppers found in the Indo-Malayan region. Many of the species are boldly marked in black and red or yellow. A few species are of economic importance as they can cause injury to plants under cultivation.
The genus was erected by Stål on the basis of a large frons extending almost to the eyes and lacking any longitudinal furrows or keels. The hind tibia has a strong spine at the mid position and sometimes a smaller spine near the base. The related genus ''
Phymatostetha'' has a narrower pronotum with the posterior margin straighter or with a sinuate margin before the scutellum.
''Cosmoscarta dorsimacula'' is sometimes considered a pest on glutinous rice yam (''
Dioscorea alata
''Dioscorea alata'', also known as purple yam, ube (, ), or greater yam, among many other names, is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in ...
'').
''Cosmoscarta relata'' has been recorded in large numbers on jackfruit (''
Artocarpus heterophyllus
The jackfruit (''Artocarpus heterophyllus''), also known as jack tree, is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry, and breadfruit family (Moraceae). Its origin is in the region between the Western Ghats of southern India, all of Bangladesh, Sri ...
'').
Species in the genus include:
* ''
Cosmoscarta abdominalis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta aerata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta affinis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta amabilis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta amymone''
* ''
Cosmoscarta andamana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta angulifera''
* ''
Cosmoscarta apiana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta arethusa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta assamensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta balteata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta bicincta''
* ''
Cosmoscarta bicolor''
* ''
Cosmoscarta bimacula''
* ''
Cosmoscarta bipunctata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta bispecularis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta boutharensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta brevis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta brevistriga''
* ''
Cosmoscarta bruneoscutellata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta callirrhoe''
* ''
Cosmoscarta callizona''
* ''
Cosmoscarta carens''
* ''
Cosmoscarta carpentieri''
* ''
Cosmoscarta castanea''
* ''
Cosmoscarta celebesensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta chrysomelaena''
* ''
Cosmoscarta concisa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta confinis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta consociata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta contigua''
* ''
Cosmoscarta convexa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta coronis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta decisa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta dimidiata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta diminuta''
* ''
Cosmoscarta dimota''
* ''
Cosmoscarta discessa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta discrepans''
* ''
Cosmoscarta dorsalis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta dorsimacula''
* ''
Cosmoscarta dryope''
* ''
Cosmoscarta ducens''
* ''
Cosmoscarta egens''
* ''
Cosmoscarta egentior''
* ''
Cosmoscarta egeria''
* ''
Cosmoscarta elegantula''
* ''
Cosmoscarta exultans''
* ''
Cosmoscarta fictilis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta flora''
* ''
Cosmoscarta florella''
* ''
Cosmoscarta forcipata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta fumosa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta fuscoapicalis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta gracilis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta gravelyi''
* ''
Cosmoscarta greeni''
* ''
Cosmoscarta hainanensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta hecuba''
* ''
Cosmoscarta heroina''
* ''
Cosmoscarta herossa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta himalayana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta hyale''
* ''
Cosmoscarta hyalinipennis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta ignifera''
* ''
Cosmoscarta imrayi''
* ''
Cosmoscarta inconspicua''
* ''
Cosmoscarta indecisa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta innominata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta innota''
* ''
Cosmoscarta insularis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta irresoluta''
* ''
Cosmoscarta lacerata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta lateralis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta laticincta''
* ''
Cosmoscarta lestachei''
* ''
Cosmoscarta leucothoe''
* ''
Cosmoscarta liriope''
* ''
Cosmoscarta luangana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta lunata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta macgillivrayi''
* ''
Cosmoscarta maculifascia''
* ''
Cosmoscarta mandarina''
* ''
Cosmoscarta mandaru''
* ''
Cosmoscarta margheritae''
* ''
Cosmoscarta maura''
* ''
Cosmoscarta metallica''
* ''
Cosmoscarta miniata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta minor''
* ''
Cosmoscarta mnemosyne''
* ''
Cosmoscarta montana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nagasana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta naiteara''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nexa''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nigriceps''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nigriventris''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nigroguttata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nitidula''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nycteis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta nympha''
* ''
Cosmoscarta ochraceicollis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta orchymonti''
* ''
Cosmoscarta orithyia''
* ''
Cosmoscarta pallida''
* ''
Cosmoscarta palopona''
* ''
Cosmoscarta peguensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta pellucida''
* ''
Cosmoscarta perstrigata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta pictilis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta pirene''
* ''
Cosmoscarta prompta''
* ''
Cosmoscarta pronotalis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta psecas''
* ''
Cosmoscarta pulchella''
* ''
Cosmoscarta putamara''
* ''
Cosmoscarta raja''
* ''
Cosmoscarta relata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta rhanis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta rubromaculata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta rubroscutellata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta samudra''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sanguinolenta''
* ''
Cosmoscarta semimaculata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta septempunctata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sequens''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sexmaculata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta shillongana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta silpha''
* ''
Cosmoscarta siniphila''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sulukensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sumbawana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sundana''
* ''
Cosmoscarta sylvestris''
* ''
Cosmoscarta taprobanensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta thalia''
* ''
Cosmoscarta thoracica''
* ''
Cosmoscarta timorensis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta tolina''
* ''
Cosmoscarta trichodias''
* ''
Cosmoscarta trifasciata''
* ''
Cosmoscarta trigona''
* ''
Cosmoscarta trimacula''
* ''
Cosmoscarta turaja''
* ''
Cosmoscarta vernalis''
* ''
Cosmoscarta wallacei''
* ''
Cosmoscarta whiteheadi''
* ''
Cosmoscarta zonaria''
* ''
Cosmoscarta zonata''
References
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Cercopidae
Auchenorrhyncha genera
Hemiptera of Asia
Taxa named by Carl Stål