Friederike Lienig

Friederike Lienig (née Berg) (December 8, 1790, Forstei Dubena, Finland – 7 June, 1855, Dresden) was an entomologist from the Russian Empire who also resided in the Kingdom of Prussia.[1] At first self-taught, she was later instructed by Philipp Christoph Zeller at the technical high school in Meseritz. She was a Member of the Stettin Entomological Society.

She published her first list of lepidoptera in 1840; her second list (with Zeller) was published in 1846.[2]

She described several new moths including Ortholepis vacciniella, Udea inquinatalis, Argyresthia pulchella and Coleophora deauratella with Zeller.

Family

She was married to Georg Friedrich Lienig, a Christian preacher; they lived in Koknese.[2][3]

Honours

Four species of tiny moths are named after her. One is Cosmopterix lienigiella.

Works

  • Lepidopterologische Fauna von Livland und Curland (m. Anm. v. P. C. Zeller), in: Isis v. Oken 1846, 175-302 [3]

References

  1. ^ "Lienig, Friederike". Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b "Nordic-Baltic Checklist of Lepidoptera" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Supplement no. 3, ISSN 2535-2768 (Print), page 20. 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b BBLD - Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital, Lienig, Friederike, née Berg (1790-1855)
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