-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles (Family Chrysomelidae)​​

-Case-bearing Leaf Beetles (Subfamily Cryptocephalinae)

-Tribe Clytrini

-Subtribe Megalostomina

-Genus Megalostomis

-Megalostomis pyropyga

Megalostomis is a genus of beetles commonly referred to as Case-bearing Leaf Beetles, belonging to the family Chrysomelidae. Adult beetles primarily feed on the leaves of various plants, especially those in the Asteraceae family. Their feeding can lead to significant damage to foliage, including skeletonization and defoliation.