Toomas Tammaru

Toomas Tammaru (born 3 May 1968 in Tartu), is an Estonian lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the University of Tartu.

Together with Andro Truuverk and Erki Õunap, he transferred the butterfly ''Epirrita pulchraria'' to the genus ''Malacodea''.

The butterfly (''Manota toomasi'' Hippa & Kurina, 2012) is named after him.

He is the editor of the publication ''Lepinfo'' of the Estonian Naturalists' Society. Provided by Wikipedia