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. [1] [2]
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. [3] He donated his collection to the entomology laboratory of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle of Paris.
The list of 74 new names which he created is published on the web. [4]
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