For some reason the species Ectoedemia clemensella is displaying as “Platanella group clemensella” even though I edited the scientific name to correct this. I tried doing a taxon swap but this didn’t work because the name already exists in the system. How can this be fixed? https://www.inaturalist.…

If I remember right, the name entry can be changed, but it will not correct the actual page unless you manually created it. That’s what taxon swaps, merges, and such are designed for, so that all name changes are logged properly.

Correcting Latin name

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ceiseman December 26, 2019, 9:09pm 3

Okay, I got it to work this time.

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Correcting Latin name

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