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Friederike Lienig

1790 – 1855

Baltic German entomologist

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Lived 1790 – 1855 (aged 64). Friederike Lienig was a Russian entomologist.

Friederike Lienig (née Berg) (December 8, 1790, Forstei Dubena, Finland – 7 June, 1855, Dresden) was an entomologist from the Russian Empire who also resided in the Kingdom of Prussia. At first self-taught, she was later instructed by Philipp Christoph Zeller at the technical high school in Meseritz. She was a Member of the Stettin Entomological Society.

She published her first list of lepidoptera in 1840; her second list (with Zeller) was published in 1846.

She described several new moths including Ortholepis vacciniella, Udea inquinatalis, Argyresthia pulchella and Coleophora deauratella with Zeller.

Family She was married to Georg Friedrich Lienig, a Christian preacher; they lived in Koknese.

Honours Four species of tiny moths are named after her. One is Cosmopterix lienigiella.

Works Lepidopterologische Fauna von Livland und Curland (m. Anm. v. P. C. Zeller), in: Isis v. Oken 1846, 175-302

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Who was Friederike Lienig?

Baltic German entomologist (1790–1855)

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Friederike Lienig was born on 8 December 1790.

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Friederike Lienig died on 7 June 1855 in Dresden.

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Friederike Lienig was an entomologist.

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Friederike Lienig was Russian.

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· Wikipedia: Friederike Lienig

· Wikidata: Q18920658

· DBpedia: Friederike Lienig

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