Victor Motschulsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Motschulsky

Russian entomologist

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1810

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1871

Profession: lepidopterist, entomologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky (Sometimes Victor von Motschulsky, Russian: ?????? ???????? ??????????, 11 April 1810, in St.
Petersburg – 5 June 1871, in Simferopol) was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles. Motschulsky was an Imperial Army colonel who undertook extended trips abroad.
He studied and described many new beetles from Siberia, Alaska, the United States of America, Europe, and Asia.
While he tended to ignore previous work and his own work on classification was of poor quality, Motschulsky made a massive contribution to entomology, exploring hitherto unworked regions, often in very difficult terrain.
He described many new genera and species, a high proportion of which remain valid.