| Kingdom: Animalia | 
| Phylum: Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: Hexapoda | 
| Class: Insecta | 
| Infraclass: Neoptera | 
| Subclass: Pterygota | 
| Order: Coleoptera | 
| Suborder: Polyphaga | 
| Infraorder: Elateriformia | 
| Superfamily: Buprestoidea | 
| Family: Buprestidae | 
| Subfamily: Chrysochroinae | 
| Tribe: Dicercini: Hippomelanina | 
| Genus: Gyascutus | 
| Subject: Gyascutus planicosta obliteratus (LeConte, 1858) | 
| Kingdom: Plantae | 
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta | 
| Class: Magnoliopsida | 
| Subclass: Caryophyllidae | 
| Order: Caryophyllales | 
| Family: Chenopodiaceae | 
| Genus: Sarcobatus | 
| Subject: Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. |