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{{Short description|Austrian entomologist}}

'''Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer''' (22 December [[1831]],[[ Vienna]]-15 January 1897, Vienna) was an [[Austria|Austrian]] [[entomologist]]. He was a curator at the [[Naturhistorisches Museum]] in Vienna . Rogenhofer was mainly interested in [[Lepidoptera]], and [[Hymenoptera]].

[[File:Rogenhofer.jpg|thumb|Alois F. Rogenhofer]]

'''Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer''' (22 December [[1831]], in [[ Vienna]]- – 15 January 1897, in Vienna) was an [[Austria|Austrian]]n [[entomologist]]. He was a curator at the [[Naturhistorisches Museum]] in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the [[Lepidoptera]]. Rogenhofer was mainly interested in [[Lepidoptera]], and [[Hymenoptera]].

Rogenhoer studied law in Vienna but after passing the law exam he worked as a volunteer in the zoological museum becoming an assistant in 1860 and a curator in 1867. He described a number of species of lepidoptera, particularly those collected on the [[SMS Novara (1850)|Novara expedition]]. Beside him [[Josef Johann Mann|Josef Mann]] (1804-1889) worked as a keen technician and collector for the benefits of the museum. Mann described many species of Lepidoptera new to science focussing on [[Microlepidoptera]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/entomologistsmo13compgoog/page/n135/mode/1up|author=Anon. |year=1897 |title=[Rogenhofer, A. F.]| journal= Entomologist's Monthly Magazine|volume=3|issue= 33|page=108}}</ref>

==Sources==

Anon.1897: [Rogenhofer, A. F.] ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 33:108

==Works==

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* with [[Cajetan Freiherr von Felder]] and [[Rudolf Felder]] ''Reise Fregatte Novara. Lepidoptera''.Three volumes (1865-1867).

== References ==

[[Category:Entomologists|Rogenhofer, Alois Friedrich]]

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==External links==

* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer}}

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[[Category:Hymenopterists]]

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