| Marmaroplegma unicolor Janse, 1915 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 128 |
| Marshalliana bivittata Aurivillius, 1901 |
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Aurivillius C. 1901a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 6. page: 126 |
| Marshalliana jansei Gaede, 1929 |
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page: TMSA |
| Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787) |
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page: R. Butler |
| Marwitzia dichocrocis (Hampson, 1913) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 70 (as polystidzalis) |
| Matopo inangulata Hampson, 1909 |
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Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). page: 186 |
| Matopo typica Distant, 1898 |
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Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page: 141 |
| Maurilia arcuata (Walker, 1858) |
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Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page: 314 |
| Maxera brachypecten Hampson, 1926 |
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page: TMSA |
| Maxera digoniata (Hampson, 1902) |
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page: TMSA |
| Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833) |
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page: TMSA |
| Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858) |
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page: R. Butler |
| Maxera zygia (Wallengren, 1863) |
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page: TMSA |
| Mazuca amoena Jordan, 1933 |
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Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). page: 386 (as elegantissima) |
| Mazuca strigicincta Walker, 1866 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 201 |
| Mecothrix aegyptiaca (Snellen, 1875) |
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Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Goater B. 2012. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). page: 158 (as cana) |
| Mecothrix aegyptiaca cana (Hacker, 2012) |
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Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Goater B. 2012. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). page: 158 |
| Mecothrix iridescens (van Son, 1933) |
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Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Goater B. 2012. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). page: 174 |
| Mecothrix phaeocraspis (Hampson, 1909) |
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page: R. Butler (needs confirmation) |
| Megalonycta paragrapha (Felder R., 1874) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 195 |
| Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) |
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Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2013. On the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe. page: 156 |
| Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994 |
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Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2013. On the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe. page: 157 |
| Megalorhipida subtilis (Rebel, 1907) |
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Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2013. On the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe. page: 157 |
| Megalorhipida vivax (Meyrick, 1909) |
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Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2013. On the fauna of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe. page: 157 |
| Megalota lobotona (Meyrick, 1921) |
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Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page: 60 |