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Alan Parkhurst Dodd (8 January 1896 - 3 July 1981) was an entomologist in Australia. He introduced the Cactoblastis moth as a biological control for prickly pear. His father was the entomologist Frederick Parkhurst Dodd.

He was featured in the Magnificent Makers exhibition at the State Library of Queensland in 2018.

References

1. "Magnificent Makers: Queensland inventors and their curious creations". State Library of Queensland. 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

• Australian entomologists
• 1896 births
• 1981 deaths
• 20th-century Australian zoologists