Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in
Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near
Bautzen
Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budi ...
) was a German
entomologist who specialised in
Lepidoptera.
Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the
Entomological Society of Stettin The Entomological Society of Stettin (german: Entomologischer Verein zu Stettin) or Stettin Entomological Society, based in Stettin (Szczecin), was one of the leading entomological societies of the 19th century. Most German entomologists were membe ...
. His collections from
Suriname and
Puerto Rico
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are in the
Natural History Museum, Berlin
The Natural History Museum (german: Museum für Naturkunde) is a natural history museum located in Berlin, Germany. It exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history and in such domain it is one of three major muse ...
. 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, and are thus harder to ...
are in the
Museum of Natural History, Görlitz
The Museum of Natural History in Görlitz, Germany (german: link=no, Naturkundemuseum Gorlitz or ''Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz'') is a natural history museum with focus on zoology, botany and geology. Since 2009, the museum has b ...
.
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.' Dt. Ent. 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
People from the Kingdom of Saxony
German lepidopterists
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