Pietro Stefanelli, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Pietro Stefanelli

Italian entomologist

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1835

Date of Death: 23-Dec-1919

Profession: entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Pietro Stefanelli (30 July 1835, Florence – 23 December 1919, Florence) was an Italian Professor of Entomology.
mainly interested in Lepidoptera and Odonata.He was a founding member of the Italian Entomological Society.
He was also instrumental in the early development of Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria being especially concerned with pest species of Lepidoptera.His collection of foreign and Italian Lepidoptera is in the Zoological Museum La Specola and in the Istituto Istituto Sperimentale per la Zooogia Agraria.