See text Aphaena submaculata is a species of planthoppers in the sub-family Aphaeninae of Fulgoridae.

The species was first observed by Frederick William Hope in 1840 and was formally described by James Duncan in 1843.

Since then, it has undergone multiple reclassifications and now has 3 recognized subspecies which differ by color and/or length.

The species feeds on tree sap via specialized mouthparts and follows a hemimetabolous life cycle.

[5][6] Around the same time as Duncan's discovery, Carl Stål described Aphana resima as a separate species in 1855.

In 1895, Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker reclassified the species again as Euphria resima.

The subspecies also lacks blue-black spots along its costal areas and its wings only present black coloration on the basal fourth, the anterior tibiae, and the tarsi.

Distant described the subspecies as "difficult to discern, and individual judgments as to the separation of species must frequently be formed".

The mesonotum has a set of three ridges and the cephalic process extends from the bottom of the abdomen to the middle of the pronotum.

[7][9] The species follows a hemimetabolous life cycle and is native to Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Vietnam.