| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda - Arthropods |
| subphylum | Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 |
| class | Insecta - Insects |
| subclass | Pterygota |
| infraclass | Neoptera Martynov, 1923 |
| cohors | Paraneoptera |
| order | Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 - bugs |
| suborder | Auchenorrhyncha - cicadas and leafhoppers |
| infraorder | Fulgoromorpha - planthoppers |
| family | Fulgoridae Duméril, 1820 - Lantern Flies |
| subfamily | Aphaeninae Baker, 1925 |
| tribus | Aphaenini Schmidt, 1912 |
| genus | Desudaba Walker, 1858 |
| species | Desudaba maculata Distant, 1892 |