-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 Hoppers (Suborder Auchenorrhyncha)

-Spittlebugs, Cicadas, Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Infraorder Cicadomorpha)

-Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Superfamily Membracoidea)

-Typical Treehoppers (Family Membracidae)

-​Subfamily Darninae

-Tribe Darnini

-Genus Stictopelta

-Stictopelta varians

Stictopelta varians is a species of treehopper in the tribe Darnini, within the family Membracidae, a group known for their often elaborate and distinctive pronotal structures. They typically inhabit trees or shrubs and feed on plant sap using their specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts.