Alphina Explained

Alphina is a genus of planthoppers in the family Fulgoridae occurring in South America.^[1]

Species

• Alphina nigrosignata Stål, 1863
• Alphina fryi Distant, 1906

Formerly included

• Alphina glauca (Metcalf, 1923); a synonym of Scaralina marmorata^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://sites.udel.edu/planthoppers/north-america/north-american-fulgoridae/genus-alphina-stal-1863/ Genus Alphina Stal, 1863
2. Yanega, D., Goemans, G., Van Dam M., Gómez-Marco, F., Hoddle, M. (2024) Description of a new genus of North and Central American planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) with fourteen new species. Zootaxa 5443: 1-53. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5443.1.1