| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Hemiptera |
| Suborder: Sternorrhyncha |
| Superfamily: Aphidoidea |
| Family: Aphididae |
| Subfamily: Eriosomatinae |
| Tribe: Pemphigini |
| Genus: Pemphigus |
| Subject: Pemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus, 1758) |