Friederike Lienig (December 8, 1790 – 7 June, 1855) was an

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 ...

from the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

who also resided in the

Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a signif ...

. Four species of tiny moths are named after her. One is '' Cosmopterix lienigiella''. At first self taught she was later instructed by

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ...

at the technical high school in Meseritz. She was a Member of the Stettin Entomological Society. She described several new moths including '' Ortholepis vacciniella'', '' Udea inquinatalis'', '' Argyresthia pulchella'' and '' Coleophora deauratella'' with Philipp Christoph Zeller.

Works

*Lepidopterologische Fauna von Livland und Curland (m. Anm. v. P. C. Zeller), in: ''Isis v. Oken'' 1846, 175-302

References

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1790 births 1855 deaths Naturalists from the Russian Empire 19th-century Prussian people Lepidopterists {{Entomologist-stub