Gabriel Höfner

Gabriel Höfner ( 16 May 1842, Türnitz, Niederösterreich- 4 March 1921, Wolfsberg, Carinthia) was an Austrian entomologist, musician and composer.

Gabriel Hofner

Entomology

Gabriel Höfner specialised in Lepidoptera notably Carinthia, Lavanttal, Koralpe and the Saualpe He described Micropterix aureoviridella (Höfner, 1898), Dichagyris nigrescens (Höfner, 1887), Montanima karavankensis (Höfner, 1888), Elachista albicapilla Höfner, 1918 and Elachista argentifasciella Höfner, 1898.

Höfner undertook studies on Erebia and Psychidae, among others in over 40 publications (1876–1900) on Lepidoptera. He was past master of the Lepidoptera of Carinthia recording over 1.600 species.

gollark: Yes.
gollark: The old people are bees, and you said "you", not "old people".
gollark: You can at least *reduce* data harvesting by not using Windows.
gollark: They should simply stop requiring it.
gollark: Why even print? We have tablets.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.