| Kingdom: Animalia | 
| Phylum: Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: Hexapoda | 
| Class: Insecta | 
| Infraclass: Neoptera | 
| Subclass: Pterygota | 
| Order: Coleoptera | 
| Suborder: Polyphaga | 
| Infraorder: Cucujiformia | 
| Superfamily: Curculionoidea | 
| Family: Curculionidae | 
| Subfamily: Curculioninae | 
| Tribe: Curculionini | 
| Genus: Curculio | 
| Subject: Curculio caryae (Horn, 1873) | 
| Kingdom: Plantae | 
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta | 
| Class: Magnoliopsida | 
| Subclass: Hamamelidae | 
| Order: Juglandales | 
| Family: Juglandaceae | 
| Genus: Carya | 
| Subject: Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch |