• Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (3 December 1760, Giessen – 30 November 1806, Darmstadt) was a German naturalist and forester. He took part in the production...
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    Autumnal moth (category Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen)
    of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the...
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    Capnoides (category Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen)
    Capnoides sempervirens, the harlequin corydalis, rock harlequin, pale corydalis or pink corydalis, is an annual or biennial plant native to rocky woodland...
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    crossbill was formerly described in 1793 by the German naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen under the binomial name Loxia pytyopsittacus. The type locality...
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    underwater. The genus Cinclus was introduced by the German naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797 with the white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus) as the...
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    Drepana uncinula (category Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen)
    of the Drepana subgenus Watsonalla. It was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1790. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and the...
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    current genus Cinclus was introduced by the German naturalist Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797. The name cinclus is from the Ancient Greek word kinklos...
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    Calyptra thalictri (category Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen)
    C. thalictri Binomial name Calyptra thalictri (Borkhausen, 1790) Synonyms Phalaena thalictri Borkhausen, 1790 Calpe sodalis Butler, 1878 Calpe capuzina...
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    Synanthedon myopaeformis (category Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen)
    Synanthedon myopaeformis myopaeformis Synanthedon myopaeformis typhiaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789) Synanthedon myopaeformis is native to north Africa, western Asia...
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    Xanthorhoe biriviata (category Taxa named by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen)
    in the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1794. It is found "widespread in Europe and temperate Asia...
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