The Tortricidae described by J. C. Fabricius (Lepidoptera) Author Baixeras, Joaquín Author Karsholt, Ole text Zootaxa 2011 3127 1 37 journal article 45811 10.5281/zenodo.279412 685da956-c131-459f-98d2-c6b020649adf 1175-5326 279412 posticana Fabricius, 1794 Pyralis posticana Fabricius, 1794: 267 . Type locality. France , Paris (“Habitat Parisiis Mus. Dom. Bosc”). Material examined. Kiel coll. Only the name label. Identity. Clepsis spectrana (Treistschke, 1830) ( Tortricinae , Archipini ). Remarks. Pyralis posticana is a senior synonym of Clepsis spectrana (Treitschke) according to Werneburg (1864) . This indication is collected by Beccaloni et al. (2005) ; the synonymy was overlooked by Brown (2005) . Obraztsov (1957) was critical of this association and suggested that the species may be a synonym of Ramapesia gnomana Clerck. The inclusion of this doubtful and unused senior synonym would thread a stable and widely used name. In addition C. spectrana (‘straw-colored tortrix moth’ or ‘cyclamen tortrix’) is an invasive polyphagous species, feeding on a large variety of herbaceous crops, fruit trees and greenhouse ornamental plants ( Carter 1984 , Dickler 1991 , Hill 1987 , Zhang 1994 , among others). The species has been introduced in North America ( Dang et al. 1996 ). According to the provisions of Article 23.9 (ICZN 1999), we propose the conservation of Treitschke’s name ( nomen protectum ) and the suppression of the Fabrician name posticana ( nomen oblitum ). Appendix 3 lists 38 references by more than ten different authors that have used C. spectrana in the last 50 years.