Toripalpus
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| Toripalpus | |
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| Toripalpus trabalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Epipaschiinae |
| Genus: | Toripalpus Grote, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Toripalpus breviornatalis[1] Grote, 1878 | |
Toripalpus is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878, and was formerly considered synonymous to Jocara, but resurrected as valid taxon in 1993.[2][1]
