''Cochylis similana'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Tortricidae. It is found in

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( Yazd Province), eastern

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, northern

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and the

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., 2009: Synopsis of the ''Cochylini'' (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. ''Zootaxa'' 2245: 1-31.

References

Moths described in 1963 Cochylis {{Cochylis-stub