Émile Louis Ragonot
| Emile Louis Ragonot | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 October 1843 Paris, France |
| Died |
13 October 1895 (aged 52) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Entomologist |
Emile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843, Paris – 13 October 1895, Paris) was a French entomologist. In 1885 he became president of the Société entomologique de France.
He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths.[1]
He is also the author of several books:
- Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae (1887) published in Paris
- (French) Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae (1888)
- (French) Essai sur une classification des Pyralites (1891-1892)
- (French) Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. pp. 1–602 In N.M. Romanoff. 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, Paris, France.
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References
- Luquet, G. C. 2001: [Ragonot, E. L.] - Alexanor 21 1999(4) Portrait
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