Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Phyllophaga hardyi.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Garcia-vidal ni adtong 1984.^[2] Ang Phyllophaga hardyi sakop sa kahenera nga Phyllophaga, ug kabanay nga Melolonthidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Habagatang Amerika
  • Cuba

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[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: 54732320. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Garcia-Vidal M. (1984) The genus Phyllophaga Harris, 1826 in Cuba II. Descriptions of eleven new species and illustrations of female genitalia of twelve other Phyllophaga , The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 60(4):313-325
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.