Camillo Acqua was an Italian

Italy

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 entomologist, born 30 August 1863 at Velletri

Velletri

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  near Rome

Rome

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, Italy

Italy

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. He died 25 March 1936 at Ascoli Piceno

Ascoli Piceno

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Camillo Acqua was Directeur de l’Instituto Bacologico (Institut for sericulture

Sericulture

Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts, the discovery of silk production by B...

) at Portici

Portici

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 (near Naples

Naples

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) then at Stazione Sperimentale di Gelsicoltura e Bachicoltura ( An Experimental station for the culture of the mulberry

Mulberry

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 and silkworm breeding)at Ascoli Piceno.

He wrote much on the subject of sericulture.His best known work is Il bombice del Gelso:Nello stato normale e patologico nella tecnica dell'allevamento e della riproduzione(Industria della preparazione del seme Bachi)-Enc. tela. Casa Ed. di Giuseppe Cesari.

Source

• Cesare Conci et Roberto Poggi (1996), Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. Memorie della Società entomologica Italiana, 75 : 159-382.