Émile Louis Ragonot
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Emile Louis Ragonot was a French entomologist. In 1885 he became president of the Société entomologique de France
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He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid
moths.
He is also the author of several books:
Ragonot's collection can be found in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
, Paris, France.
Société entomologique de France
The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. It was founded in 1832.The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832...
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He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
moths.
He is also the author of several books:
- Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae (1887) published in ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae (1888) Essai sur une classification des Pyralites (1891-1892) Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. pp. 1-602 In N.M. RomanoffGrand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of RussiaGrand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia , 26 April 1859 – 28 January 1919 was the eldest son of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a first cousin of Alexander III....
. Mémoires sur les Lepidoptéres. Tome VIII. N.M. Romanoff, Saint-Petersbourg. xli + 602 pp. (1901)
Ragonot's collection can be found in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle is the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France.- History :The museum was formally founded on 10 June 1793, during the French Revolution...
, Paris, France.