Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in
Herrnhut
Herrnhut (; ; ; Upper Lusatian: ''Harrnhutt'', ''Harrnutt'') is a town of around 6,000 inhabitants in Upper Lusatia, in the district of Görlitz, in eastern Saxony, Germany. The town is mainly known as the place of origin of the community of t ...
– 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near
Bautzen
Bautzen () or Budyšin (), until 1868 ''Budissin'' in German, is a town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the Bautzen (district), district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree (river), Spree river, is the eighth most ...
) 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 ...
.
Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the
Entomological Society of Stettin. His collections from
Suriname
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and
Puerto Rico
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are in the
Natural History Museum, Berlin
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. His
microlepidoptera
Microlepidoptera (micromoths) is an artificial (i.e., unranked and not monophyletic) grouping of moth families, commonly known as the "smaller moths" ( micro, Lepidoptera). These generally have wingspans of under 20 mm, so are harder to iden ...
are in the
Museum of Natural History, Görlitz.
Publications
Partial list
*(1876)
Exotisches (Fortsetzung) ''Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung'' 37(7–9), 293–315.
*(1877)
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam ''Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien'' 26: 293–352 Möschler, 1877: Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 26: 293-352
*(1878)
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam. II ''Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'' 27, 629-700.
*(1884)
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes ''Verhandlungen der kk Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien'', 33:267–310, pl.l
*(1887)
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna der Goldküste
*(1890)
Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico ''Abhandlungen der Senkenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft'', 16 : 70–360, pl.1
References
*Christoph 1889:
oschler, H. B.''Berl. Ent. Ztschr''. 33 193-196
*Framke, R. 1982:
öschler, H. B.''Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz'' 56(3) 7
*Möbius, E. 1943:
oschler, H. B.' Dtsch. Entomol. Z. Iris'' 57 11
*Petersen, G. 1984: Grundlagen der Inventarerkundung der Oberlausitzer Kleinschmetterlinge. - Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. ''Forschungsstelle Görlitz'' 58(2) 49-60, 2 Portr.
*Staudinger, O. 1889:
oschler, H. B. ''Ent. Ztg.''
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External links
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1831 births
1888 deaths
People from Herrnhut
Scientists from the Kingdom of Saxony
German lepidopterists
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