Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich (26 November 1805 – 1878) was a German
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
who specialised in
Lepidoptera
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.
Frölichwas born in
Ellwangen
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in 1805. His father,
Josef Aloys Frölich, was also an entomologist but specialising in
Coleoptera
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. Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich wrote several supplements to the works of
Jacob Hubner — See
Francis Hemming, "Hübner: A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner, and of the supplements thereto by
Carl Geyer
Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802–1889) was a German entomologist who wrote and illustrated various supplements to Jacob Hübner's works on Lepidoptera.
Carl Geyer was by profession an artist
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, Gottfried Franz von Frölich, and
Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
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". London: Royal Entomological Society of London, 1937. 2 volumes.
Hübner: A Bibliographical and Systematic Account of the Entomological Works, etc.
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References
*Speidel, W. Aarvik, L.(2002) Synonyms of European Tortricidae and Noctuidae, with special reference to the publications of Hubner, Geyer and Frolich.''Nota Lepidopterogica'' 25:17-22.
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1805 births
1878 deaths
German lepidopterists
Date of death missing
19th-century German zoologists