Aphaeninae

Taxobox
name = Aphaeninae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lycorma delicatula"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Exopterygota/Paraneoptera
ordo = Hemiptera
subordo = Fulgoromorpha
familia = Fulgoridae
subfamilia = Aphaeninae
subfamilia_ authority =
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = Several, see text

The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects ("true bugs"), especially abundant and diverse in the tropics. They belong to the Fulgoridae, though they are not among the more well-known members of that family called "lanternbugs" or "lantern flies" (true bugs are only distantly related to true flies).

Aphaeninae contain numerous well-sized Fulgoromorpha (formerly included in the "Auchenorrhyncha" which appear to be paraphyletic). If seen flying at a distance, they can be meistaken for Lepidoptera, as they are large-winged and though usually not as colorful as some other Fulgoridae still are often boldly patterned.

elected genera

* "Anecphora"
* "Aphaena"
* "Belbina"
* "Eddara"
* "Enchophora"
* "Kalidasa"
* "Lycorma"
* "Omalocephala"
* "Penthicodes"
* "Scamandra"