Tags: Entomologist.
Clas Bjerkander (23 September 1735 Skara – 1 August 1795) was a Swedish meteorologist botanist and entomologist.A Lutheran pastor Bjerkander studied at the University of Uppsala.With Anders Dahl he wrote Svenska Topographiska Sällskapet i Skara (Schwedische topographische Gesellschaft zu Skara) and as sole author several short scientific papers on Microlepidoptera.Taxa named for him arePyralis bjerkandriana (Mehlmotte)Bjerkandera adusta (Willd. ex Fr.) P.