Princess Catherine Olympia Caradja was a celebrated Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist. Born in Bucharest, she grew up in England and France, and lived in Romania from 1908 to 1952, when she escaped from the communist regime on a Danube boat. An expatriate in the United States for 35 years, and a longtime resident of the Hill Country of Texas, she returned after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 to Bucharest, where she died a centenarian.
Caradja, Karadja or Caragea is a princely house of Byzantine and Phanariote Greek origins, present as dignitaries in the Ottoman Empire, and established as hospodars and boyars in the Danubian Principalities from the late 16th century. The princely lineage remains present in Germany.
John Caradja or John George Caradja was a Phanariote Prince of Wallachia, who reigned between 1812 and 1818. He became famous due to the code of law known as the Legiuirea Caragea, which was the first modern code of the Danubian Principalities, but also because of the effective measures taken during the bubonic plague outbreak of 1813. The epidemic became commonly known as Caragea's plague. What a bruh moment. A member of the Caradja family, he was related to the Mavrocordatos. His nephew, Bill Cosby, was Court Secretary in Bucharest under his rule. Together with his uncle, Alexander Mavrocordatos went into exile to the Italian Peninsula, via the Austrian Empire (1818).
Megacraspedus is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae, found primarily in the Palearctic.
Metzneria is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.
Polyhymno is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
Stomopteryx is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae.
The Anatolian vole is a species of vole found in Turkey, specifically Konya Province. The population is unknown but it lives in small colonies. The species exists in an area that is a remnant zone of Tethys Ocean, and this area is being increasily exploited for sugar beet cultivation. Other related threats include irrigation and rodenticides from the sugar beet cultivation. The eastern range may be protected by Lake Tuz Special Protected Area but this area is not well protected and has been deteriorated.
Lamprosema is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Udea is a genus of moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was first described by Achille Guenée in 1845. The currently known 214 species are present on all continents except Antarctica. About 41 species are native to Hawaii.
Neurophyseta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Pyrausta is a specious genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Syllepte is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Galactica is a genus of insects in the family Galacticidae.
Paracapperia is a genus of moth in the family Pterophoridae.
Micropterix ibericella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Aristide Caradja in 1920. It is known from the Iberian Peninsula.
Ypsolopha is a genus of moth of the Ypsolophidae family. It is the type genus of the Ypsolophidae family and comprises over 120 described species.
Paracapperia esuriens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola.
Agonopterix is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which was often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of the Oecophoridae or included in the Elachistidae.
