About Karl August Teich
Lived 1838 – 1908 (aged 70). Karl August Teich was an entomologist, music teacher, teacher, lepidopterist and organist.
Karl, or Carl, August Teich (1838 Harthau-Chemnitz - 1908 Riga) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially of the Baltic region. He described Caryocolum crepusculella, Gelechia bergiella and Gelechia farinosa among others. Fragments of his microlepidoptera collections are held by the Latvian Museum of Natural History. The bulk did not survive.
Works Partial list Teich, C.A., 1881 Lepidopterologische Bemerkungen Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin) 42: 187-189 Teich, 1886 Lepidopterologisches aus Livland Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 47 : 168-171 Teich, C. A., 1889 Baltische Lepidopteren-Fauna. I-IX, 1-152. Riga. Teich, C. A., 1908 Lepidopterologische Notizen. KorrespBl. NaturfVer. Riga 51: 37-40.
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German entomologist
When was Karl August Teich born?
Karl August Teich was born on 18 September 1838 in Chemnitz.
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Karl August Teich died on 22 October 1908 in Riga.
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Karl August Teich was an entomologist, music teacher, teacher, lepidopterist and organist.
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Karl August Teich's recorded nationality: Kingdom of Saxony.
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