Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum, also known as the Entomological Museum, is a museum in Volos, Magnesia, Greece.

It includes more than 100,000 specimens of more than 35,000 species, subspecies and breeds.

Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum

The greatest number is Lepidoptera. One of its rare or unique specimens is one of the largest moths in the world, Thysania agrippina, of North America with a wingspan of 37-40 cm. Note, however, that the largest known specimen of Thysania agrippina, as of March 2000 according to one source, was one of almost wingspan, in Brazil.

Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum

It is claimed to be the only museum "of its kind in Greece and one of the best in the Balkans".

Athanasios Koutroumbas Insect Museum

The museum may no longer exist or may have moved.

See also

List of museums in Greece

References

Insect museums

Insectariums

Magnesia (regional unit) Natural history museums in Greece Zoology museums in Greece Museums in Thessaly