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Research Project: Systematics of Beetles, Flies, Moths and Wasps with an Emphasis on Agricultural Pests, Invasive Species, Biological Control Agents, and Food Security

Location: Systematic Entomology Laboratory

Title: Asa Fitch and emergence of American entomology by Jeffrey K. Barnes

Author
item Solis, Maria

Submitted to: News of the Lepidopterist's Society
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/18/2023
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Asa Fitch was an early American entomologist from the state of New York and the first salaried entomologist in the United States who published extensively in economic entomology. He described taxa in all orders of insects (& Crustacea), including Lepidoptera.