Phthorimaea suasoria Meyrick, 1918

Records. Amsel 1933: 125 ( suasoria); Amsel 1935c: 263 ( ochrodeta & suasoria); Bodenheimer 1937: 101 ( ochrodeta & suasoria).

Remarks. Amsel (1933: 125) recorded the Indian Phthorimaea suasoria Meyrick, 1918 as “ Teleia suasoria Meyr. ” from “Palästine, Gebirge” (repeated by Bodenheimer 1937: 101). P. suasoria is similar to Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867) and perhaps a synonym of that species, and we presume that the record of suasoria from Israel / Palestine is based on misidentification and belongs to O. subdiminutella .