| Kingdom: Fungi |
| Phylum: Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: Pezizomycotina |
| Class: Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: Incertae sedis |
| Family: Botryosphaeriaceae |
| Genus: Diplodia |
| Subject: Diplodia spp. Fr. |
| Kingdom: Plantae |
| Phylum: Magnoliophyta |
| Class: Liliopsida |
| Subclass: Commelinidae |
| Order: Cyperales |
| Family: Poaceae |
| Subfamily: Panicoideae |
| Tribe: Andropogoneae |
| Genus: Zea |
| Subject: Zea mays L. |