John Henry Wood

John Henry Wood (April 14, 1841 – August 29, 1914) was an English entomologist.

Wood was a physician (M.B.C.S), practising in Tarrington, Herefordshire. He wrote 45 scientific papers on Microlepidoptera and, later Diptera and described several new species including Coleophora glaucicolella, Coleophora sylvaticella and Stigmella confusella . The description of Stigmella confusella was a collaboration with his friend Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham.

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