Gustavo Leonardi

Gustavo Leonardi (27 February 1869, Civezzano, Trentin – 25 August 1918, Vintimille) was an Italian entomologist.

Leonardi was an entomology assistant in the universities of Padua and Portici before becoming a plant disease inspector at Vintimille. He wrote 45 publications on pest insects, such as Monografia delle Cocciniglie italiane (1920). With Agostino Lunardoni (1857–1933), he wrote a four volume treatise on pest insects in Italy (1889–1901).

References

Cesare Conci et Roberto Poggi (1996), Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. Memorie della Società entomologica Italiana, 75 : 159-382. (ISSN 0373-8747 (Warning: Check ISSN))

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 90367939 ICCU: IT\ICCU\TO0V\290204

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