About Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg
Lived 1746 – 1810 (aged 63). Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg was a German entomologist.
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).
Works with Johann Matthäus Bechstein Vollständige Naturgeschichte der schädlichen Forstinsekten. Ein Handbuch für Forstmänner, Cameralisten und Oekonomen, Leipzig 1804
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German entomologist (1746-1810)
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Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg was born on 28 December 1746 in Hümpfershausen.
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Georg Ludwig Scharfenberg died on 2 December 1810 in Ritschenhausen.
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