August Arthur Petry
August Arthur Petry was a German botanist and entomologist specialising in Microlepidoptera.
He was a teacher of philology at the Gymnasium in Nordhausen. August Petry was a Member of the Stettin Entomological Society. Ottmar Hofmann honoured his name in Caryocolum petryi. His collections are, in part, held by the Natural History Museum of Erfurt.
Works
- Petry, A., Die Vegetationsverhältnisse des Kyffhäuser Gebirges Halle a.S. Tausch & Grosse 1889
- Petry, A., Beschreibung neuer Microlepidopteren aus Korsika. Entomologische Zeitung, Stettin 65: 242–254.
- Petry, A. Zur Naturgeschichte der Lita nitentella Fuchs Entomologische Zeitung Stettin 65: 176 - 179.
- Petry, A. Ueber die deutschen an Artemisia lebenden Arten der Gattung Bucculatrix Z. nebst Beschreibung einer neuen Art. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 26 : 111-115. Dresden
- Beiträge zur Fauna Thüringens Erfurt; Krefeld Goecke. 2 Microlepidoptera, Kleinschmetterlinge. with Curt Beer, Ernst Hockemeyera and Otto Rapp
- Petry, A. Beitrag zur Schmetterlingsfauna des Harzes Erfurt, Zu erhalten durch den Bearbeiter with Otto Rapp