Hervé de Toulgoët

Who was Hervé de Toulgoët?

Hervé de Toulgoët was a French entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera Arctiidae. He also studied the beetle genus Carabus and the moths of the family Zygaenidae. A biography was published by his friend Paul Thiaucourt. Another interesting note is the one of Jocelyne Navatte.

According to Navatte's note, de Toulgoët published 179 works. On the genus Carabus, he published a Catalogue of the types of the Paris Museum collection. On the Zygaenidae he published a note on some Moroccan species. His other works are mainly on Arctiidae.