Claude Herbulot
Claude Herbulot was a French entomologist. He was born in Charleville-Mézières and died in Paris. He was a lepidopterist and specialised in moths in the family Geometridae. His collection is housed at the Zoologische Staatssammlung München.
His life
He was born in Charleville-Mézières in 1908 in the Ardennes and his earliest works were on the lepidopteran fauna of the district. Later in his life he visited many afrotropical and oriental countries and spent time in Madagascar studying the fauna and describing about one third of the geometrid species of the island.
He was portrayed in his obituary as
A biography has been published by one of his friends, Philippe Darge.
Works
His best known works include Volumes I and II of the Lepidoptera of France, Belgium and Switzerland which was published in 1948 and 1949.
The list of his 286 works is provided by the Munich Museum
Honours
He was elected president of the Société entomologique de France in 1953.
He was awarded the Spix Medal in 1999 and the Jacob Hübner Award in 2002.
Genera and species he described
He described 950 taxa. The complete list should be published soon.
Genera
30 genera are attributed to Claude Herbulot, of which 28 are valid:Anticleora Herbulot, 1966Antilurga Herbulot, 1951Antozola Herbulot, 1992Archirhoe Herbulot, 1951Catarhoe Herbulot, 1951Dargeia Herbulot, 1977Darisodes Herbulot, 1972Dorsifulcrum Herbulot, 1979Dyschlorodes Herbulot, 1966Dysrhoe Herbulot, 1951Glaucorhoe Herbulot, 1951Grammorhoe Herbulot, 1951Hyalinometra Herbulot, 1972Hydatopsis Herbulot, 1968Klinzigidia Herbulot, 1982Malgassapeira Herbulot Malgassorhoe Herbulot, 1955Malgassothisa Herbulot 1966Microlyces Herbulot 1981Mimaplasta Herbulot 1993Orbamia Herbulot 1966Paramathia Herbulot 1948Pareulype Herbulot, 1951Parortholitha Herbulot, 1955Protorhoe Herbulot, 1951Pseudolarentia Herbulot, 1955Rougeotiana Herbulot, 1983Rougeotiella Herbulot, 1984 Steganomima Herbulot, 1972Toulgoetia Herbulot, 1946
A list of about 400 of the taxa he created, fully referenced, is given elsewhere
Entomological terms named after him
The Munich museum lists the 4 genera and 29 species described