''Cydia cognatana'' 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 ...

belonging to the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the gen ...

. The species was first described by

Charles Golding Barrett Charles Golding Barrett (5 May 1836, Colyton, Devon – 11 December 1904, London) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He wrote ''The Lepidoptera of the British Islands: A Descriptive Account of the Families, Genera, and Spe ...

in 1874."05132 ''Cydia cognatana'' (Barrett, 1874)"
''Lepiforum e. V.'' Retrieved 19 January 2021. It is native to Europe.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13420654 Grapholitini Moths described in 1874