About Carl Plötz
Lived 1814 – 1886 (aged 71–72). Carl Plötz was a German entomologist and lepidopterist.
Carl Plötz (1814 – 12 August 1886, Greifswald) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and in particular Hesperiidae. He was a member of the Entomological Society of Stettin. He wrote (from 1879 onwards)
various dates; (1879) 41: Heterocera text Rhopalocera text (1880) 55(3):1-22, (1880) 40 (7-9): 406-411 (1881) , 42 : 500-504; 43 (1882, but published in 1881) 26:71-82, 253-266 (1882) 45 (4-6): 151-166 (1884) , 17: 485-528 (1886).
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Who was Carl Plötz?
German entomologist (1814–1886)
When was Carl Plötz born?
Carl Plötz was born in 1814.
When did Carl Plötz die?
Carl Plötz died on 12 August 1886 in Greifswald.
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Carl Plötz was an entomologist and lepidopterist.
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Carl Plötz was German.
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