Basionym Name:Parmelia consimilis Vain., Acta Soc. Fauna Flora fenn. 7(no. 1): 58 (1890)
Homotypic synonyms:Hypotrachyna consimilis (Vain.) Hale, Smithson. Contr. bot. 25: 28 (1975)Remototrachyna consimilis (Vain.) Flakus, Kukwa & Sipman, in Flakus, Rodríguez Saavedra & Kukwa, Mycotaxon 119: 161 (2012)