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
obscurana
Fabricius, 1798
Pyralis obscurana
Fabricius, 1798
: 476
.
Type
locality.
France
(“Habitat in
Gallia
Dom. Bosc”).
Material examined.
None.
Identity.
Eucosma aspidiscana
(Hübner, 1817)
(
Olethreutinae
,
Eucosmini
).
Remarks.
Pyralis obscurana
is a doubtful senior synonym of
Tortrix aspidiscana
as proposed by
Werneburg (1864: 560)
. Apart from this older citation, there is no evidence of the true identity of
P. obscurana
. Moreover,
E. aspidiscana
is a well established name (Brown 2005) for a widespread species whose replacement would result in considerable confusion.
Pyralis obscurana
has been out of use (
nomen oblitum
), and therefore we herewith propose to conserve
T. aspidiscana
(
nomen protectum
) and suppress
P
.
obscurana
according to the provisions of Article 23.9 (ICZN 1999). Appendix 2 lists 31 references by more than ten different authors that have used
aspidiscana
in the last 50 years.