Lauri Kaila

{{Short description|Finnish entomologist and lepidoperist}}

Lauri Kaila is a Finnish entomologist and researcher of biodiversity, specializing in Lepidoptera, at the Finnish Museum of Natural History of the University of Helsinki.{{cite web |title=Profile of Lauri Kaila on ResearchGate |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lauri_Kaila |website=researchgate.net |access-date=31 August 2018}} As of 2019, Kaila authored 324 species within the family of Elachistidae.{{cite web |title=Lauri Kaila taxa on WikiSpecies |url=https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lauri_Kaila_taxa |website=species.wikimedia.org |access-date=31 August 2018}}