Scaralina marmorata is a species of planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, found throughout the southeastern United States.[1] It is one of four species (the others being Scaralina aethrinsula, Scaralina cristata, and Scaralina metcalfi) that were, for several decades, erroneously grouped together under a single name, Alphina glauca; this name is now treated as a synonym of S. marmorata.[1]
Historically, this species has been incorrectly associated with three other genera; the genus Calyptoproctus (which molecular DNA evidence suggests is not in the tribe Poiocerini),[2] the genus Crepusia, a slightly more closely related genus from South America, and Alphina, a closely-related genus also from South America.
Scaralina marmorata is associated with oaks (Quercus spp.).[1] It is the only species in the genus routinely found at elevations below 1000 meters.[1]
Scaralina marmorata is found from central Texas up to Oklahoma and across to Virginia, and all areas south and east of this, wherever oaks are found.[1]