Luciano Storace (22 July 1922,
Genoa
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-5 August 2001, Genoa) was an Italian
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 wrote many scientific publications notably on the taxonomy of the butterflies of Africa.
His collection is in
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova where he was employed.
Luciano Storace was a Member of
Società Entomologica Italiana.
External links
Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
References
*Anonym 2002:
torace, L.''Boll. Soc. geogr. ital.'' 134 (1) : 91
*Poggi, R. 2013 ''Il contributo degli esploratori italiani alle collezioni africane del Museo Civico di storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova''. Natura, Rivista di Scienze Naturali., Milano 103 (1) : 11-18
*Poggi, R.; Conci, C. 1996:
torace, L.''Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana'', Genova 75:108
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Italian lepidopterists
1922 births
2001 deaths