Claude Herbulot

Claude Herbulot (19 February 1908 – 19 January 2006) 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 nice, clever, cultured person and an active, highly competent lepidopterist.

Works His best known works include Volumes I and II (Moths) of the Lepidoptera of France, Belgium and Switzerland which was published in 1948 and 1949.

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, 1966 Antilurga Herbulot, 1951 Antozola Herbulot, 1992 Archirhoe Herbulot, 1951 Catarhoe Herbulot, 1951 Dargeia Herbulot, 1977 Darisodes Herbulot, 1972 Dorsifulcrum Herbulot, 1979 Dyschlorodes Herbulot, 1966 Dysrhoe Herbulot, 1951 Glaucorhoe Herbulot, 1951 Grammorhoe Herbulot, 1951 Hyalinometra Herbulot, 1972 Hydatopsis Herbulot, 1968 Klinzigidia Herbulot, 1982 Malgassapeira Herbulot (cited in the literature but has never been published) Malgassorhoe Herbulot, 1955 Malgassothisa Herbulot 1966 Microlyces Herbulot 1981 Mimaplasta Herbulot 1993 Orbamia Herbulot 1966 Paramathia Herbulot 1948 Pareulype Herbulot, 1951 Parortholitha Herbulot, 1955 Protorhoe Herbulot, 1951 Pseudolarentia Herbulot, 1955 Rougeotiana Herbulot, 1983 Rougeotiella Herbulot, 1984 (in replacement of Rougeotiana, a name already used by Bernard Laporte to designate a new genus of Noctuidae) Steganomima Herbulot, 1972 Toulgoetia Herbulot, 1946

List of taxa 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