Cosmoscarta

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). Cosmoscarta relata has been recorded in large numbers on jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus).

Species in the genus include:

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