Toripalpus breviornatalis is a species of snout moth, and type species of the genus Toripalpus.[1] It is found in the U.S. states of Texas, Oklahoma and Florida.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Toripalpus |
| Species: | T. breviornatalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Toripalpus breviornatalis Grote, 1878
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Taxonomic history
editBoth species and genus were first described in 1878 by Augustus Radcliffe Grote.[3][2]
For a time, Toripalpus was deemed a synonym of Jocara, and the species was included as Jocara breviornatalis in the 1983 Hodges checklist.[2] In 1993, the original genus was revived by M. Alma Solis,[1][2] with both J. breviornatalis and J. trabalis transferred back to Toripalpus,[1] where they remain placed as of December 2024[update].[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Solis, M. Alma (1993). "A Phylogenetic Analysis and Reclassification of the Genera of the Pococera Complex (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 101 (1): 1–83. ISSN 0028-7199. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Toripalpus breviornatalis – 5584". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ Grote, Augustus Radcliffe (1878). "On the Pyralid Genus Epipaschia of Clemens, and Allied Forms". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 19: 265. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Toripalpus trabalis – 5585". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi Entomological Museum, Mississippi State University. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
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