Targioni-Tozzetti, Adolfo, 1823-1902

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Name (Latin)
Targioni-Tozzetti, Adolfo, 1823-1902
Other forms of name
Tozzetti, Adolfo Targioni-, 1823-1902
Date of birth
1823-02-13
Date of death
1902-09-19
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 14484711
Wikidata: Q2616343
Library of congress: no2004070018
Sources of Information
  • Degli alimenti freschi e conservati ... 1869:t.p. (Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti)
  • OCLC, May 17, 2004(hdg.: Targioni-Tozzetti, Adolfo, 1823-1902; usage: Adolfo Targioni-Tozzetti)
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Wikipedia description:

Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti (13 February 1823 in Florence – 18 September 1902) was an Italian entomologist who specialised in Sternorrhyncha. He was Professor of Botany and Zoology in Florence, associated with Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze where his collection remains today at La Specola. He was especially interested in pest species, mainly mealybugs, scale insects and other pests that attack citrus and peaches. He described many new insect taxa.

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