Karl August Teich Explained

Karl, or Carl, August Teich (1838 Harthau-Chemnitz - 1908 Riga) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially of the Baltic region. He described Caryocolum crepusculella, Gelechia bergiella and Gelechia farinosa among others. Fragments of his microlepidoptera collections are held by the Latvian Museum of Natural History. The bulk did not survive.

Works

Partial list

• Teich, C.A., 1881 Lepidopterologische Bemerkungen Entomologische Zeitung (Stettin) 42: 187-189
• Teich, 1886 Lepidopterologisches aus Livland Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 47 : 168-171
• Teich, C. A., 1889 Baltische Lepidopteren-Fauna. I-IX, 1-152. Riga.
• Teich, C. A., 1908 Lepidopterologische Notizen. KorrespBl. NaturfVer. Riga 51: 37-40.

References

• Gaedike, R.; Groll, E. K. & Taeger, A. 2012: Bibliography of the Entomological Literature from the Beginning Until 1863: Online Database – Version 1.0 – Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut.
• Groll, E. K. 2017: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World. – Online database, version 8, Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg – URL: sdei.senckenberg.de/biografies
• Anonym 1909: [Teich, K. A.] Correspondenzblatt des Naturforschenden Vereins zu Riga, Riga 52, pp. 1–2