Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Platypria moluccana.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Julius Weise ni adtong 1922.^[2] Ang Platypria moluccana sakop sa kahenera nga Platypria, ug kabanay nga Chrysomelidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Ostralya
• habagatang Asya

Ang kaliwatan gibahinbahin ngadto sa matang nga nahiubos:^[1]

• P. m. aitapensis
• P. m. moluccana

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: 36510173. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Gressitt, J. Linsley (1957) Hispine beetles from the South Pacific (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) , Nova Guinea, New Series, vol. 8, no. 2
3. ↑ Orrell T. (custodian) & Nicolson D. (ed). (2019). ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (version Jun 2017). 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.