His study of the silkworm moth was the first detailed examination of any insect, making very accurate observations of both the genitalia and the larva.
His study of the silkworm moth was the first detailed examination of any insect, making very accurate observations of both the genitalia and the larva. However, he is better known as an anatomist, discovering the taste buds on the tongue and the pigmentary layer on the skin, as well as describing how bundles of nerve fibers led to the spinal cord and were connected to the brain. He lent his name to certain structures  in the kidney, the spleen, and the deepest stratum of skin in mammals. For ten points, identify the Italian who while using a microscope created the study of histology and in 1661 discovered the capillaries.
His study of the silkworm moth was the first detailed examination of any insect, making very accurate observations of both the genitalia and the larva.
Marcello Malpighi