In addition, the specific nameillutana was used in a list of tortrix moths by G.A.W. Herrich-Schäffer in 1847 already. But he did not provide a description then, thus the scientific name was validly established by him only in 1851.[3]
Footnotes
^Grabe (1942), and see references in Savela (2005)
Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
Savela, Markku (2005): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Cydia illutana. Version of 2005-SEP-13. Retrieved 2010-APR-19.