Max Gaede

Max Gaede (29 November 1871 – 27 October 1946) was a German engineer and entomologist of international fame who described several hundred of new species of Lepidoptera, mainly African Noctuidae.

Max Gaede
Born29 November 1871
Berlin
Died27 October 1946 (1946-10-28) (aged 74)
Berlin
NationalityGerman
CitizenshipGerman
Scientific career
FieldsLepidoptera, entomology, lepidopterology
InstitutionsBerlin

He became a member of the Internationaler Entomologischer Verein in 1899. Many Lepidoptera species have been named after Max Gaede. Some of them are:

  • Zekelita gaedei Lödl, 1999
  • Decachorda gaedei Dufrane 1953
  • Astyloneura gaedei Alberti, 1957
  • Eutelia gaedei Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
  • Zamarada gaedei D. S. Fletcher, 1974
  • Hypocala gaedei Berio, 1955
  • Ozarba gaedei Berio, 1940
  • Athetis gaedei Berio, 1955
  • Callyna gaedei Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.