-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Pentatomomorpha)

-Leaf-footed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily Coreiodea​)

-Leaf-footed Bugs (Family Coreidae​)

-Tribe Chariesterini​​

-​Genus Chariesterus

-Chariesterus alternatus

Chariesterus alternatus is a secies of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. The body is typically brown to grayish, with some individuals showing greenish tones. The overall body shape is oval, typical of the leaf-footed bug family. Catorhintha guttula is a sapsucker, feeding on the sap of plants. It uses its piercing-sucking mouthparts to extract fluids from various plant tissues.