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Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich

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Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich (26 November 1805 – 1878) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Frölichwas born in Ellwangen in 1805.[1] His father, Josef Aloys Frölich, was also an entomologist but specialising in Coleoptera. Franz Anton Gottfried Frölich wrote several supplements to the works of Jacob Hubner — See Francis Hemming, "Hübner: A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner, and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich, and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer". London: Royal Entomological Society of London, 1937. 2 volumes.[2]

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  • Speidel, W. Aarvik, L.(2002) Synonyms of European Tortricidae and Noctuidae, with special reference to the publications of Hubner, Geyer and Frolich.Nota Lepidopterogica 25:17-22.