About Toomas Tammaru
Born 1968. Toomas Tammaru is an Estonian zoologist, entomologist and researcher.
Toomas Tammaru (born 3 May 1968 in Tartu), is an Estonian lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the University of Tartu.
Together with Andro Truuverk and Erki Õunap, he transferred the butterfly Epirrita pulchraria to the genus Malacodea.
The butterfly (Manota toomasi Hippa & Kurina, 2012) is named after him.
He is the editor of the publication Lepinfo of the Estonian Naturalists' Society.
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Estonian entomologist (born 1968)
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Toomas Tammaru was born on 3 May 1968.
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Toomas Tammaru is a zoologist, entomologist and researcher.
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Toomas Tammaru is Estonian.
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