Kaliwatan sa insekto ang Echmepteryx madagascariensis.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Hermann Julius Kolbe ni adtong 1885.^[2] Ang Echmepteryx madagascariensis sakop sa kahenera nga Echmepteryx, ug kabanay nga Lepidopsocidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Madagascar
• Alemanya
• Bermuda Islands
• Tinípong Bángsà
• Jamaica
• Mehiko
• Argentina
• Tśile
• Gineang Ekwatoryal
• sidlakang Aprika
• Kotidaybor
• Chagos Archipelago
• Mascarene Islands
• Seychelles
• Hong Kong
• Indonesya
• Hapon
• Ostralya
• Nuzeland
• Norfolk Island
• Fiji
• Galapagos Islands
• Hawaii
• Melanesia
• Pederadong Estados sa Micronesia
• Oseyaniya
• Tonga

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54685696. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Kolbe (1885) Zur Kenntniss der Psociden-Fauna Madagaskars. , Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 29:183-192
3. ↑ Johnson K.P., Smith V.S., Hopkins H. & Eades D.C. (2019). SF Psocodea: Psocodea Species File (version 5.0, Jun 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.