Josef Wilhelm Klimesch (1902 in
Budweis – 1997 in
Linz
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) was an
Austrian
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entomologist
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who specialised in
lepidoptera
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. His collection is housed in the
Bavarian State Collection of Zoology
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,
Munich
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Works
Partial list,
*Klimesch, J. 1950. Contributo alla fauna lepidotterologica del Trentino. ''Studi trent. Sci. nat.'' 27: 11-68, 10 pls.
*Klimesch, J. 1953–1954. Die an Caryophyllaceen lebenden europaeischen Gnorimoshcema Busck-Arten. ''Zeit. Wien. Ent. Gesel.'' 38(1953): 225–239, 272–282, 311–319; 39(1954): 273–288, 335–341, 357–362.
*Klimesch, J. 1961. ''Ordnung Lepidoptera I. Teil: Pyralidina, Tortricina, Tineina, Eriocraniina, und Micropterygina''. In Franz, H., ''Die Nordost-Alpen im Spiegel ihrer Landtierwelt'' 2: 431-789.
*Klimesch, J. 1968. Die Lepidopteren fauna Mazedoniens, IV Microlepidopteren. ''Posebno Izd. Prirod. Muz. Skopje'' 5: 1-203.
References
*Anonym 1974:
limesch, J.''Mitt. Forstl. BundVersAnst''. Mariabrunn, Wien 106 : 136
Gaedicke in Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010.
1902 births
1997 deaths
20th-century Austrian zoologists
Austrian lepidopterists
Czech entomologists
Scientists from České Budějovice
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