Jean Bourgogne


Jean Bourgogne was a French entomologist. He was born on 14 February 1903 in Marseille and died on 10 March 1999 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
In 1936 he began to work in the entomology laboratory of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle of Paris. He became a member of the Société entomologique de France in 1935. He specialized in the study of the Lepidoptera Psychidae. In 1959 he created the entomological publication Alexanor. He published 221 works. He donated his collection to the entomology laboratory of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle of Paris.

Species named after Jean Bourgogne

Agrilus bourgognei Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963Antiophlebia bourgognei Laporte, 1975Apisa bourgognei Kiriakoff, 1952Bergeria bourgognei Kiriakoff, 1952Catoptria conchella bourgognei Leraut, 2001Elophila bourgognei Leraut, 2001Metasia cuencalis bourgognei Leraut, 2001Pyrgus bourgognei Picard, 1948Roseala bourgognei Viette, 1950Sericochroa bourgognei Thiaucourt, 2003

List of taxa described

The list of 74 new names which he created is published on the web.