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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005939b.htm person Mosse-Robinson Leslie Herbert AACR2 1886 1954 Place of Birth England Place of Death Narara, New South Wales, Australia Lepidopterist Naval officer Leslie Mosse-Robinson, naval officer and citrus farmer, was a prolific collector of Lepidoptera in the central coast region of New South Wales for over 40 years. He was active in local entomological circles, being a founder and President of the Entomological Society of New South Wales. After his death, and at his wish, his collection of more than 50,000 specimens of about 10,000 species of butterflies was donated to the Australian National Insect Collection in 1956. 1913 1921 Career position - Served with Royal Australian Navy 1921 1950 Career position - Citrus farmer, Narara, New South Wales 1947 1952 Career position - President, Australian Branch, (British) Amateur Entomologists' Society 1952 1955 Career position - President, Entomological Society of New South Wales CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

Donated c.50,000 specimens of butterflies 1956 (now in the Australian National Insect Collection )

 Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1962 - )

Donated c.50,000 specimens of butterflies to the CSIRO Division of Entomology 1956, now in the Collection

 Mosse-Robinson, Leslie Herbert (1886-19541231)

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 'Mosse-Robinson, Leslie Herbert', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Mosse-Robinson, Leslie Herbert Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: A Rich and Diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926 - 1991 Upton, M. S. A Rich and Diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926 - 1991 Melbourne CSIRO Publishing 1997