Achille Costa

Achille Costa.

Achille Costa (10 August 1823, Lecce- 17 November 1899 Rome) was an Italian entomologist appointed director of the Zoological Museum of Naples. He founded the entomological collections in Naples and described many new species.

Achille Costa was the son of Oronzio Gabriele Costa. He made the greatest contribution to the entomological exploration of southern Italy and the Italian islands in the second half of the 19th century[1] PDF

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  1. Pantaeoni,R.A., 2005 Interpretation of Achille Costa’s data on Neuropterida Bulletin of Insectology 58 (1): 71
  2. Baker, D. B.,1994 The dates of the Hymenoptera section of Costa's Fauna del Regno di Napoli. Archives of Natural History, London 21 : 351-356

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