Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Phyllophaga fraterna.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Harris ni adtong 1841.^[2] Ang Phyllophaga fraterna sakop sa kahenera nga Phyllophaga, ug kabanay nga Melolonthidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Amihanang Amerika
  • Ontario (lalawigan)
  • Québec (lalawigan)
  • Tinípong Bángsà
  • North Carolina
  • tingali Georgia (pagklaro)
  • New York (estado)
  • New Jersey
  • Illinois
  • Indiana (estado)
  • Texas
  • Florida
  • Nebraska
  • Maryland (estado)

Usa ka matang nga nahiubos niini atong makita P. f. mississippiensis.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54732209. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Harris T.W. (1841) A report on the insects of Massachusetts, injurious to vegetation , Cambridge :1-459
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.