Pietro Stefanelli (30 July 1835,

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– 23 December 1919, Florence) was an Italian Professor of

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. mainly interested in

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and

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.He was a founding member of the Italian Entomological Society. He was also instrumental in the early development of

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being especially concerned with pest species of Lepidoptera.His collection of foreign and Italian Lepidoptera is in the Zoological Museum

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and in the Istituto Istituto Sperimentale per la Zooogia Agraria.

Sources

*Conci, C. & Poggi, R. 1996: Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75 159–382.418 figures.Portrait. *Poggi, R. & Conci, C. 1996: Stefanelli, P.] '' Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'' 75:107 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stefanelli, Pietro Italian entomologists Scientists from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany 1835 births 1919 deaths Scientists from Florence