Gustavo Leonardi (27 February 1869, Civezzano,

County of Tyrol The (Princely) County of Tyrol was an Imperial State, estate of the Holy Roman Empire established about 1140. After 1253, it was ruled by the House of Gorizia and from 1363 by the House of Habsburg. In 1804, the County of Tyrol, unified with th ...

– 25 August 1918, Vintimille) was an Italian

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 ...

. Leonardi was an entomology assistant in the universities of Padua and Portici before becoming a plant disease inspector at Vintimille. He wrote 45 publications on pest

insect Insects (from Latin ') are Hexapoda, hexapod invertebrates of the class (biology), class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (Insect morphology#Head, head, ...

s, such as ''Monografia delle Cocciniglie italiane'' (1920). With Agostino Lunardoni (1857–1933), he wrote a four volume treatise on pest insects in Italy (1889–1901). With Antonio Berlese he issued the

exsiccata Exsiccata (Latin, ''gen.'' -ae, ''plur.'' -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels". Typically, exsiccatae are numbered collections of dried herbarium Biological specimen, spe ...

series ''Chermotheca Italica'' (1895–1909).

References

*Cesare Conci et Roberto Poggi (1996), Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Memorie della Società entomologica Italiana'', 75 : 159–382. () 1869 births 1918 deaths People from Trentino People from the County of Tyrol Italian entomologists People from Austria-Hungary Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to Italy {{entomologist-stub