Ernst Hofmann (entomologist)
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Ernst Hofmann (1837
entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He is not to be confused with Ottmar Hofmann
who was an entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera as well.
Also a
Psychidae, Sesiidae, Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae are held by Natural History Museum, London. Others (macrolepidoptera) are held by the National Museum of Natural History
in Washington. He wrote parts of the multi-volume work Die Schmetterlinge Europas (The Lepidoptera of Europe), published in 1908. This was for decades a standard in the study of Lepidoptera.
References
- Groll, E. K. (2017). Biographies of the Entomologists of the World. Online database, version 8. Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg
- Schütz, E. & Harde, K. W. (1963). [Hofmann, E.] Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie), Stuttgart 100 (6), 11429
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