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Name
  
Harold Powell


Role
  
Entomologist

Harold Powell (entomologist)

Harold Powell (1875 in The Mumbles – 1954) was a British entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Harold Powell was a pharmacist. For part of his life he lived in Hyeres.He collaborated with Charles Oberthur notably on Faune des Lepidopteres de la Barbarie. Etudes de Lepidopterologie comparee, part 10, p. 1-459. Rennes, 1914. text online plates online.

His collection of Lepidoptera from Morocco is held by Service de la Défense des Cultures, Rabat. He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

Works

partial list

  • Powell, H., 1909 Notes on the early stages and habits of Pieris manni, Mayer. Ent.Rec. : 37-40
  • Powell, H.,1914 Note sur I'abondance de certains Lepidopteres au Maroc au Printemps et en Été I9I4. Rev. france. Lepid. vol.11: pagination ? June I9I4
  • Powell, H., 1914. [Sur les mœurs de Satyrus Semele (Algirica)]. In : Oberthur, C. : Faune des Lépidoptères de la Barbarie.Étud. Lép. comp. 10 : 135-138 (and other parts of the same work)
  • Powell, H. 1911. Documents concernant les Somabrachys (famille des Megalopygidae). In Etud. Lepid. Comp., 5:227-301, pi. 84-85, A-D. Rennes C. Oberthur

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