Sigmund von Hochenwarth

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Sigmund von Hochenwarth (1745 Stein, Krain - 22 April 1822, Linz) was an Austrian botanist and entomologist. von Hochenwarth was a Domherr in Gurk, Carinthia. [1] He described Ibalia leucospoides . He wrote:

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References

  1. Groll, E. K. (2017). Biographies of the Entomologists of the World . Online database, version 8. Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg
  2. Walther Horn & Sigmund Schenkling: Index Litteraturae Entomologicae. Serie I: Die Welt-Literatur über die gesamte Entomologie bis inklusive 1863. Berlin 1928.