Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German entomologist (1746-1810)
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Place of Birth: Hümpfershausen, Thuringia, Germany
About Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg
- Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg ( 28 December 1746 , Hümpfershausen - 2 December 1810,Ritschenhausen ) was a German entomologist and a Lutheran pastor. He was the son of a teacher and was educated at the University of Halle.
- Scharfenberg published notes on insects in Journal für Liebhaber der Entomologie edited by Ludwig Gottlieb Scriba.
- He described Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, Operophtera fagata and Bucculatrix bechsteinella(with Bechstein).
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