''Ancylosis similis'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Ancylosis ''Ancylosis'' is a genus of snout moth. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839, and is known from South Africa, Uzbekistan, Spain, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Israel, Palestine, Tinos, Australia, Seychelles, Afgh ...

''. It was described by

Boris Balinsky Borys Ivanovych Balinsky (23 September 1905 – 1 September 1997) was a Ukrainian and South African biologist, embryologist, entomologist, professor of Kyiv University and University of the Witwatersrand. Pioneer researcher in the field of exp ...

in 1987 and is known from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

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Endemic moths of South Africa Moths described in 1987 similis Moths of Africa {{Ancylosis-stub