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Pierre E. L. Viette was a French entomologist. He attended university in Dijon during the German occupation of France in World War II and subsequently spent his entire career at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. He specialized in insect systematics, especially Lepidoptera. He had over 400 articles published.
Ambia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Autocharis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Lamprosema is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Pyrausta is a speciose genus of moths of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Syllepte is a genus of moths in the family Crambidae.
Athetis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1821.
Corgatha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae erected by Francis Walker in 1859.
Chrysocraspeda is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1893.
Lecithocera is a genus of moths in the lecithocerid subfamily Lecithocerinae. The genus was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853.
Ethmia is a large genus of small moths. It is the type genus of the gelechioid family Ethmiidae, which is sometimes included in Elachistidae or Oecophoridae as subfamily.
Hervé de Toulgoët was a French entomologist. He specialised in moths of the families Arctiidae and Zygaenidae. He also studied the beetle genus Carabus. He was written about by Paul Thiaucourt and Jocelyne Navatte.
Xyloryctidae is a family of moths contained within the superfamily Gelechioidea described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. Most genera are found in the Indo-Australian region. While many of these moths are tiny, some members of the family grow to a wingspan of up to 66 mm, making them giants among the micromoths.
Odites is a genus of moths in the family Depressariidae. Most species of this genus are found in Asia and in Africa.
The Stenomatinae are a subfamily of small moths in the family Depressariidae.