Antoine Casimir Marguerite Eugène Foudras (19 November 1783, in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

– 13 April 1859, in Lyon) was a French

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. He was a Member of the

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. Although Eugène Foudras had to work hard to earn his living, he spent all his spare time collecting insects in various parts of France, especially

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and

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. Having sold his insect cabinet in 1837, he was able to devote himself entirely to entomology. He specialized in

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s (many species in this group are major agricultural pests). The majority of Foudras' works remain in manuscript. His later collections were bequeathed to the

Lycée du Parc The Lycée du Parc is a public secondary school located in the sixth ''arrondissement'' of Lyon, France. Its name comes from the Parc de la Tête d'Or, one of Europe's largest urban parks, which is situated nearby. It provides a ''lycée''-level ...

in Lyon.

Publications

* 1827 – ''Rapport à la Société royale d'agriculture... de Lyon, sur un concours ouvert pour la destruction de la pyrale de la vigne'' * 1829 – ''Observations sur le tridactyle panaché'' * 1860 – Altisides. ''Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon'' (n.s.) 6: 137–384 {{DEFAULTSORT:Foudras, Antoine Casimir Marguerite Eugene French entomologists 1783 births 1859 deaths Scientists from Lyon