Cosmoscarta

Cosmoscarta is a genus of froghoppers found in the Indomalayan 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.

Cosmoscarta
Cosmoscarta bispecularis from Hong Kong
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cercopidae
Subfamily:	Cosmoscartinae
Genus:	Cosmoscarta Stål, 1869[1]
Type species
Cercopis heros Fabricius, 1803

Description

The genus was erected by Carl 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.^[2][3]

Cosmoscarta dorsimacula is sometimes considered a pest on glutinous rice yam (Dioscorea alata).^[4] Cosmoscarta relata has been recorded in large numbers on jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).

Species

This genus includes:

• Cosmoscarta abdominalis (Donovan, 1798)
• Cosmoscarta aerata Jacobi, 1905
• Cosmoscarta affinis (Atkinson, 1889)
• Cosmoscarta amabilis (Stål, 1865)
• Cosmoscarta amymone Breddin, 1900
• Cosmoscarta andamana Distant, 1878
• Cosmoscarta angulifera (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta apiana Lallemand, 1935
• Cosmoscarta arethusa Breddin, 1900
• Cosmoscarta assamensis Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta balteata Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta bicincta Lallemand, 1931
• Cosmoscarta bicolor Lallemand, 1922
• Cosmoscarta bimacula (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta bipunctata Schmidt, 1911
• Cosmoscarta bispecularis (White, 1844)
• Cosmoscarta boutharensis Lallemand, 1922
• Cosmoscarta brevis Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta brevistriga (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta bruneoscutellata Lallemand, 1927
• Cosmoscarta callirrhoe Breddin, 1901
• Cosmoscarta callizona Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta carens Noualhier, 1896
• Cosmoscarta carpentieri Lallemand, 1928
• Cosmoscarta castanea Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta celebesensis Lallemand, 1922
• Cosmoscarta chrysomelaena Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta concisa (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta confinis Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta consociata Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta contigua Lallemand, 1927
• Cosmoscarta convexa (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta coronis Jacobi, 1905
• Cosmoscarta decisa (Walker, 1858)
• Cosmoscarta dimidiata (Dallas, 1850)
• Cosmoscarta diminuta Lallemand, 1930
• Cosmoscarta dimota Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta discessa Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta discrepans (Walker, 1857)
• Cosmoscarta dorsalis (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta dorsimacula (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta dryope Breddin, 1900
• Cosmoscarta ducens (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta egens (Walker, 1858)
• Cosmoscarta egentior Lallemand, 1927
• Cosmoscarta egeria Schmidt, 1911
• Cosmoscarta elegantula Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta exultans (Walker, 1858)
• Cosmoscarta fictilis Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta flora Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta florella Metcalf, 1961
• Cosmoscarta forcipata Lallemand, 1939
• Cosmoscarta fumosa Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta fuscoapicalis Kato, 1928
• Cosmoscarta gracilis Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta gravelyi Distant, 1916
• Cosmoscarta greeni Atkinson, 1889
• Cosmoscarta hainanensis Jacobi, 1921
• Cosmoscarta hecuba Breddin, 1903
• Cosmoscarta heroina Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta herossa Jacobi, 1921
• Cosmoscarta himalayana Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta hyale Breddin, 1901
• Cosmoscarta hyalinipennis Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta ignifera Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta imrayi Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta inconspicua (Butler, 1874)
• Cosmoscarta indecisa Jacobi, 1921
• Cosmoscarta innominata Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta innota Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta insularis Lallemand, 1922
• Cosmoscarta irresoluta (Walker, 1858)
• Cosmoscarta lacerata (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta lateralis Jacobi, 1927
• Cosmoscarta laticincta (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta lestachei Lallemand, 1922
• Cosmoscarta leucothoe Breddin, 1903
• Cosmoscarta liriope Breddin, 1901
• Cosmoscarta luangana Lallemand, 1927
• Cosmoscarta lunata Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta macgillivrayi Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta maculifascia (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta mandarina Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta mandaru Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta margheritae Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta maura Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta metallica Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta miniata Haupt, 1918
• Cosmoscarta minor Atkinson, 1889
• Cosmoscarta mnemosyne Breddin, 1903
• Cosmoscarta montana Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta nagasana Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta naiteara Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta nexa (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta nigriceps Schmidt, 1911
• Cosmoscarta nigriventris Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta nigroguttata Stål, 1870
• Cosmoscarta nitidula Schmidt, 1911
• Cosmoscarta nycteis Jacobi, 1905
• Cosmoscarta nympha Distant, 1914
• Cosmoscarta ochraceicollis Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta orchymonti Lallemand, 1931
• Cosmoscarta orithyia Breddin, 1901
• Cosmoscarta pallida (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta palopona Lallemand, 1931
• Cosmoscarta peguensis Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta pellucida Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta perstrigata Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta pictilis (Stål, 1854)
• Cosmoscarta pirene Breddin, 1900
• Cosmoscarta prompta Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta pronotalis Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta psecas Breddin, 1901
• Cosmoscarta pulchella Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta putamara Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta raja Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta relata Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta rhanis Breddin, 1901
• Cosmoscarta rubromaculata Metcalf & Horton, 1934
• Cosmoscarta rubroscutellata Matsumura, 1907
• Cosmoscarta samudra Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta sanguinolenta Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta semimaculata Stål, 1870
• Cosmoscarta septempunctata (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta sequens (Walker, 1870)
• Cosmoscarta sexmaculata Stål, 1870
• Cosmoscarta shillongana Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta silpha Breddin, 1903
• Cosmoscarta siniphila Matsumura, 1942
• Cosmoscarta sulukensis Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta sumbawana Lallemand, 1922
• Cosmoscarta sundana Metcalf, 1955
• Cosmoscarta sylvestris Lallemand, 1931
• Cosmoscarta taprobanensis Atkinson, 1889
• Cosmoscarta thalia (Stål, 1861)
• Cosmoscarta thoracica Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta timorensis Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta tolina Lallemand, 1939
• Cosmoscarta trichodias Jacobi, 1902
• Cosmoscarta trifasciata Schmidt, 1910
• Cosmoscarta trigona (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta trimacula (Walker, 1851)
• Cosmoscarta turaja Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta vernalis Lallemand, 1928
• Cosmoscarta wallacei Butler, 1874
• Cosmoscarta whiteheadi Distant, 1900
• Cosmoscarta zonaria Distant, 1908
• Cosmoscarta zonata Butler, 1874