Pierre Chrétien (1846 – 15 June 1934, in

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) was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a member of

Société entomologique de France The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France. The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first ...

. ''

Trifurcula chretieni ''Trifurcula'' is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae. For the Triassic aged ray-fin "''Glaucolepis''" Stensiö, 1921 (non ''Glaucolepis'' Braun, 1917) see '' Pteronisculus''. Selected species *'' Trifurcula aerifica'' (Meyrick, 1915) ...

'' Z. & A. Lastuvka & van Nieukerken, 2013 is "named in honour of Pierre Chrétien (1846–1934), who discovered nepticulid mines on ''Bupleurum'', including those on ''

Bupleurum rigidum ''Bupleurum'' is a large genus of annual or perennial herbs or woody shrubs, with about 190 species, belonging to the family Apiaceae. The full size of its species may vary between a few cm to up to 3 m high. Their compound umbels of sm ...

'', and the first author to describe a number of Mediterranean species that are now placed in ''

Trifurcula ''Trifurcula'' is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae. For the Triassic aged ray-fin "''Glaucolepis''" Stensiö, 1921 (non ''Glaucolepis'' Braun, 1917) see '' Pteronisculus''. Selected species *'' Trifurcula aerifica'' (Meyrick, 1915) ...

'' (''Glaucolepis'')." His collection is held by

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in Paris.

Works

Partial list *Chrétien, P. (1899). "Description d'un nouveau genre et d'une nouvelle espèce de Microlépidoptère". ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France''. 1899: 206. *————— (1900). "Les Coleophora du Dorycnium". ''Naturaliste''. 1900: 68–70. *————— (1901). "Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Teleia icrolep.. ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France''. 1901: 10–12. *————— (1907). "Description de nouvelles espèces de Lépidoptères d'Algerie". ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France''. 18: 305–308. *————— (1915). "Contribution á la connaissance des Lépidopteres du Nord de l'Afrique. Notes biologiques et criques". ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France''. 84: 289–374. *————— (1917). "Contribution á la connaissance des Lépidopteres du Nord de l'Afrique". ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France''. 85: 369–502.

References

*Anonymous (1934). "Chretien, P." ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France''. Paris 39. *Lhoste, J. (1987). ''Les entomologistes français''. 1750–1950. INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique), 1–355. *Luquet, G. C. (2009). ''Alexanor, Revue française de Lépidoptérologie Cinquantième anniversaire''. Paris 24 (1): 5–62 ISSN 0002-5208. French lepidopterists 1846 births 1934 deaths People from Béarn 19th-century French zoologists 20th-century French zoologists {{Entomologist-stub

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