Carl Plötz (1814 – 12 August 1886,

Greifswald Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg. In 2021 it surpa ...

) was a German

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 ...

who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

and in particular Hesperiidae. He was a member of the Entomological Society of Stettin. He wrote (from 1879 onwards) * various dates; (1879) * 41: Heterocer
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(1880) * 55(3):1-22, (1880) * ; 40 (7-9): 406-411 (1881) * , 42 : 500-504; 43 (1882, but published in 1881) * 26:71-82, 253-266 (1882) * 45 (4-6): 151-166 (1884) * , 17: 485-528 (1886).

References

*Friese, G. 1959: Die Erforschung der mecklenburgischen Schmetterlings-Fauna. (Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Entomologie in Deutschland). ''Arch. Freunde Na CARE POPO kfjier{turgesch. Mecklenb''. 5 226-264 248 *Mac Lachlan, R. 1886: lötz, C.''Proc. Ent. Soc. London'' 1886 LXX *Musgrave, A. 1932: ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology'' 1775 - 1930.Sydney German lepidopterists 1814 births 1886 deaths {{entomologist-stub