Josef Emanuel Fischer von Röslerstamm or Josef Fischer von Röslerstamm or Josef Fischer von Rösslerstamm (19 February 1787, Rumburg – 17 March 1866,

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) was an

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entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

. He was an

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manufacturing

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, and other processed foods. He lived in Vienna from 1837. Röslerstamm developed a method system of systematic tables (1834–1842) for the

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 ...

and described many new species of these tiny moths. He studied often in the

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with

Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer (22 December 1831, in Vienna – 15 January 1897, in Vienna) was an Austrian entomologist. He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the Lepidoptera. Rogenhofer was main ...

and

Josef Johann Mann Josef Johann Mann (19 May 1804 – 20 March 1889), or Johann Josef Ritter von Mann, was a German Bohemian entomologist and a specialist in Lepidoptera. Mann was born in Jablonné v Podještědí, Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). He was ...

Bibliography

* Fischer von Röslerstamm, J. E.: 1838, ''Abbildungen zur Berichtigung und Ergänzung der Schmetterlingskunde, besonders der Microlepidopterologie als Supplement zu Treitschke's und Hübner's europaeischen Schmetterlingen, mit erläuterndem Text''. Leipzig, 15: 1–304.

Further information and sources

* Mann, J.: 1866, ''Verh. zool. – bot. Ges. Wien'', 16: Sitz. ber. 51–54. * Horn, W. & Schenkling, S.: 1928, ''Index Litteraturae Entomologicae''. Ser. I. Die Welt Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. Bd. II., Berlin: W. Horn, 360. * Santifaller, L. & Obermayer – Marnach, E.: 1957, Fischer–Röslerstamm Josef Emanuel von. In: ''Österreichisches Biograpfisches Lexikon'': 1815–1950, I. Band (A – Glä), Graz – Köln, 324. * Koleška, Z.: 1980, ''Zprávy Čs. spol. ent. při ČSAV'', Praha, 16: 49–50. * Petersen, G.: 1984, ''Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz'', 58(2): 49–60 + portrait. * Gaedike, R. & Groll, E. K. eds. 2001, ''Entomologen der Welt'' (Biografien, Sammlungsverbleib). Datenbank, DEI Eberswalde im ZALF e. V.: "Fischer von Röslerstamm Jozef Emanuel". {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer Von Roslerstamm, Josef Emanuel 1787 births 1866 deaths People from Rumburk German Bohemian people 19th-century Austrian zoologists 19th-century Czech people Austrian lepidopterists Bohemian nobility Austrian people of German Bohemian descent