Giorgio Baldizzone

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Giorgio Baldizzone (born 27 May 1946 in Asti, Piedmont, Italy) [1] is an Italian entomologist who specialises in the study of Microlepidoptera, [2] in particular the family Coleophoridae. [3] Baldizzone is a past president of the Piedmonte and Valle d'Aosta chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature. [4]

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References

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