| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea |
| Family: Plutellidae |
| Subfamily: Ypsolophinae |
| Genus: Ypsolopha |
| Subject: Ypsolopha dentella (Fabricius) |