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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 ...

s. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884

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– 17 March 1948

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) worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million insect specimens during his career. * Hans Kauri (until 1935, Hans Mühlberg; May 30, 1906 – January 30, 1999), among other things, studied

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, daddy longlegs (

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), and spiders. He wrote several publications. In 1985 he worked on material from central Africa, which resulted in 61 new species, 12 new genera, and three new sub-families for science. As late as 1998 he produced an overview of spiders on the Hardanger Plateau, edited by Erling Hauge and Torstein Solhøy. * Tõnu Kesküla (

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1997), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Parnassius mnemosyne viidaleppi'' Kesküla & Luig, 1997. * Olavi Kurina (born 10 September 1966) described the taxon '' Neuratelia jabalmoussae'' Kurina, Õunap & Põldmaa, 2015. Teadusfoto 2019 auhindamine - 08

* Lennart Lennuk (born 27 October 1985) described the taxon '' Dioscore kirke'' Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, 2017 * Aare Lindt (fl. 2014) described the taxa '' Haruchlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014 (''Haruchlora maesi'') and '' Vallichlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt, 2019 (''Vallichlora rara'', ''Vallichlora selva''). * Jaan Luig (born 23 June 1959), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Parnassius mnemosyne viidaleppi'' Kesküla & Luig, 1997. * Erki Õunap (born 5 July 1977) described the taxon '' Neuratelia jabalmoussae'' Kurina, Õunap & Põldmaa, 2015. * Aleksander Pototski (born on 8 October 1958), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Archedontia'' Hausmann, Pototski & Viidalepp, 2020 (and the species ''Archedontia agnesae'' Hausmann, Pototski & Viidalepp, 2020). * Villu Soon (born 20 February 1979) described the taxon '' Chrysis borealis'' Paukkunen, Ødegaard & Soon, 2015. *

Toomas Tammaru Toomas Tammaru (born 3 May 1968 in Tartu) is an Estonian lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the University of Tartu. Together with Andro Truuverk and Erki Õunap, he transferred the butterfly '' Epirrita pulchraria'' to the genus ''M ...

(born 3 May 1968 in

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), a lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the

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, as well as the editor of the

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publication ''Lepinfo'', worked with

Andro Truuverk Below is a list of Estonian entomologists. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884 Hiiumaa – 17 March 1948 Mexico City) worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million inse ...

and

Erki Õunap Below is a list of Estonian entomologists. * Alfonso Dampf Tenson (3 December 1884 Hiiumaa – 17 March 1948 Mexico City) worked on multiple groups including Tipulidae, Siphonaptera and Simulidae. It is estimated he collected over a million inse ...

to transfer the butterfly ''

Epirrita pulchraria ''Epirrita pulchraria'', the whitelined looper, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae The geometer moths are moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, ...

'' to the genus ''

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''; the butterfly (''

Manota toomasi ''Manota toomasi'' is a species of flies belonging to the family Mycetophilidae. The species is named in honor of Estonian entomologist Toomas Tammaru Toomas Tammaru (born 3 May 1968 in Tartu) is an Estonian lepidopterist and professor of ent ...

'' Hippa & Kurina, 2012) is named after him. *

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(born September 19, 1963), an

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biologist and nature photographer, was the recipient of the Fourth Class of

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in 2001 and in 2009 won Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the category "Animals in their Environment" with a photo of a

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on a

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. * Tõnis Tasane (born 13 December 1986 in

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), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Lissochlora janamariae'' Lindt & Tasane, 2014 . * Andro Truuverk (born on 23 January 1986), a lepidopterist, described the taxon '' Lasianobia dvoraki'' Saldaitis, Volynkin & Truuverk, 2018. * Jaan Viidalepp (born 27 December 1939) described the taxon '' Haruchlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt, 2014, '' Pasiphila hyrcanica'' Viidalepp & Mironov, 2006, and '' Vallichlora'' Viidalepp & Lindt 2019.

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Entomologists 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 ...