Tortyra ferratella was described by Busck in 1914 from Panama (see reference to the original description). The holotype is deposited at the USNM (see images).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith