Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer

He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the Lepidoptera.

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 Novara expedition.

Beside him 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.