Alexander Barrett Klots

Alexander Barrett Klots (December 12, 1903, New York City – April 18, 1989, Putnam, Connecticut) was an American entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

His collection is conserved in the American Museum of Natural History, a smaller part is held by the University of Connecticut.

Works

partial list

• 1933 Directions for collecting and preserving insects. Wards Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, New York. 30 pp. [with two later editions].
• 1959 with Elsie B. Klots. Living insects of the World Garden City, N.Y Doubleday full text
• 1977 with Elsie Broughton Klots 1001 Questions Answered About Insects New York, Dodd, Mead ISBN 978-0-486-23470-0
• 1978 Field Guide to the Butterflies of North America East of the Great Plains Houghton Mifflin ISBN 9780395258590

References

• Sokoloff, P. 1989: [Klots, A. B.] Ent. Rec. J. Var., London 101 (9/10): 236
• Fowler, G. 1989: [Klots, A. B.] News Lep. Soc., Lawrence 1989 (5): 70–71
• Wagner, D. L. 1992: [Klots, A. B.] J. Lepidopt. Soc., Los Angeles 46 (4) includes photographs of Klots and bibliography