Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Popillia pustulata.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Leon Fairmaire ni adtong 1887.^[2] Ang Popillia pustulata sakop sa kahenera nga Popillia, ug kabanay nga Rutelidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• kasarangan nga Asya
  • Anhui Sheng
  • Fujian Sheng
  • Guizhou Sheng
  • Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
  • Hubei Sheng
  • Hunan Sheng
  • Henan Sheng
  • Jiangsu Sheng
  • Jiangxi Sheng
  • Sichuan Sheng
  • Shandong Sheng
  • Shanxi Sheng
  • Yunnan Sheng
  • Zhejiang Sheng

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: 54742824. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Fairmaire L. (1887) Coléoptères de l'interieur de la Chine (3e partie) , Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique. Bruxelles 31:87-136
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). 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.