''Phthorimaea suavella'' is a
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 ...
in the family
Gelechiidae
The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable dis ...
. It was described by
Aristide Caradja
Aristide Caradja (28 September 1861 – 29 May 1955) was a Romanian entomologist and lawyer.
Life
Aristide Caradja was born in 1861 to the Caradja family, nobles with Greek-Byzantine origins who had serves as dignitaries in the Ottoman Empire. ...
in 1920. It is found in
Algeria
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References
Phthorimaea
Moths described in 1920
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