 
  | Higher taxa: | Crambidae (family)/ Spilomelinae (subfamily)/ Margaroniini (tribe)/ Tobata (genus)/ | 
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Palpita | 
| Authorship: | Walker, 1859 | 
| Citation: | 7. Tobata, Walk. | 
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Tobata elealis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 1859: 516. By subsequent designation by Shibuya, 1928. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University 22: 232. | 
| Publication: | Walker F. 1859b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVII.– Pyralides. | 
| Journal: | — | 
| Volume: | 17 | 
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| Pagination: | 491 [key] | 
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951847 |