I became a curator recently and things like this and how to fix them were unexpected and not very intuitive for me. Instead of just editing the scientific name, you have to make a new taxon with the correct name and then merge the incorrect taxon into the new one. So in a sense it is
A relevant point is on the list here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/improvements-to-taxonomic-curation-on-inat-wiki/5398