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{{Short description|Genus of insects}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Eoscarta borealis.jpg
| image_caption = ''Eoscarta borealis''
| taxon = Eoscarta
| authority = Breddin, 1902
| type_species = Eoscarta eos
| type_species_authority = Breddin, 1902
}}
'''''Eoscarta''''' is a genus of froghopper (Cercopidae) with about 50 species distributed in the Oriental region. Species in the genus are identified by a combination of characters that include an elongated pubescent body, highly laterally compressed postclypeus, the hind tibia with a single lateral spur and genital characters of the males.<ref>{{cite journal| title= Taxonomic Changes in the Oriental Spittlebug Genus Eoscarta Breddin (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Cercopidae)| author1=Liang, Ai-Ping|author2=Jiang, Guo-Mei |journal=J. Entomol. Sci. |volume=42|issue=2|pages=150–154 |year=2007}}</ref>
The genus has been treated widely differently by different workers and is closely related to several other genera like ''[[Euryaulax]]''. Species that have been placed in the genus include:
* ''[[Eoscarta apicata]]'' {{small|Distant, 1908}}
* ''[[Eoscarta assimilis]]'' {{small|(Uhler, 1896)}}
* ''[[Eoscarta atricapilla]]'' {{small|Distant, 1908}}
* ''[[Eoscarta aurora]]'' {{small|Kirkaldy, 1909}}
* ''[[Eoscarta binotata]]'' {{small|Liang, 1996}}
* ''[[Eoscarta borealis]]'' {{small|(Distant, 1878)}}
* ''[[Eoscarta carnifex]]'' {{small|(Fabricius, 1775)}}
* ''[[Eoscarta colona]]'' {{small|Jacobi, 1927}}
* ''[[Eoscarta deprivata]]'' {{small|Walker, 1858}}
* ''[[Eoscarta elongata]]'' {{small|(Matsumura, 1940)}}
* ''[[Eoscarta eos]]'' {{small|Breddin, 1902}}
* ''[[Eoscarta ferruginea]]'' {{small|Distant, 1916}}
* ''[[Eoscarta fuscata]]'' {{small|Distant, 1916}}
* ''[[Eoscarta illuminata]]'' {{small|Distant, 1908}}
* ''[[Eoscarta inclyta]]'' {{small|(Walker)}}
* ''[[Eoscarta jugalis]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1949}}
* ''[[Eoscarta karschi]]'' {{small|Schmidt, 1920}}
* ''[[Eoscarta limbipennis]]'' {{small|Jacobi, 1905}}
* ''[[Eoscarta liternoides]]'' {{small|Breddin, 1902}}
* ''[[Eoscarta lombokensis]]'' {{small|Metcalf, 1955}}
* ''[[Eoscarta lumuensis]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1932}}
* ''[[Eoscarta marginiceps]]'' {{small|Melichar, 1914}}
* ''[[Eoscarta monticola]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1928}}
* ''[[Eoscarta nilgiriensis]]'' {{small|Distant, 1900}}
* ''[[Eoscarta nobilis]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1924}}
* ''[[Eoscarta ochraceous]]'' {{small|(Metcalf & Horton, 1934)}}
* ''[[Eoscarta parva]]'' {{small|Liang, 1996}}
* ''[[Eoscarta philippinica]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1949}}
* ''[[Eoscarta rana]]'' {{small|Distant, 1909}}
* ''[[Eoscarta seimundi]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1933}}
* ''[[Eoscarta spenceri]]'' {{small|Liang, 1996}}
* ''[[Eoscarta subdolens]]'' {{small|Walker, 1857}}
* ''[[Eoscarta tonkinensis]]'' {{small|Lallemand, 1949}}
* ''[[Eoscarta zonalis]]'' {{small|(Matsumura, 1907)}}
== References ==
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[[Category:Auchenorrhyncha genera]]
[[Category:Cercopidae]]