The species was originally described in 1931 as a species of Sphaceloma, and in 1943 was transferred to Elsinoë by Ahmés Pinto Viégas and Anna Eliza Jenkins.
The species was initially classified as a type of Sphaceloma in 1931, and later moved to Elsinoë by Ahmés Pinto Viégas and Anna Eliza Jenkins in 1943.