| Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897 |
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Swinhoe C. 1903a. A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the national collection. page: 465 |
| Laelia nubifuga (Holland, 1893) |
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page: MGCL |
| Laelia ordinata (Karsch, 1895) |
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page: MGCL |
| Laelia rubrifilata (Hampson, 1905) |
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Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page: 399 |
| Laeliopsis gemmatus (Wichgraf, 1921) |
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page: TMSA |
| Laeliopsis maculigera Strand, 1913 |
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page: NHMO |
| Laetonima smithi László, 2020 |
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László G. M. 2020c. Contribution to the knowledge of the Afrotropical Evonima Walker, 1865 generic complex with description of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera: Nolidae, Nolinae). page: 395 |
| Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864) |
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Hampson G. F. 1917a. A classification of the Pyralidae, subfamily Gallerianae. page: 51 |
| Lamprochrysa scintillans (Butler, 1894) |
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Butler A. G. 1894a. On two collections of Lepidoptera sent by H. H. Johnston, Esq., C. B., from British Central Africa. page: 675 |
| Lamprolopha melanephra Hampson, 1914 |
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Hacker H. H. 2019a. Biogeograpy; Boletobiinae (Erebidae). Moths of Africa. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. Volume 1. page: 423 |
| Lamprolopha phaeomicta (Hampson, 1918) |
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Hampson G. F. 1918a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae. page: 166 |
| Lamprosema lateritialis Hampson, 1918 |
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Hampson G. F. 1918d. Descriptions of new Pyralidae in the subfamily Pyraustinae (cont.). page: 253 |
| Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) |
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Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Murphy R. J. 2014. Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). page: 462 |
| Laomedonia grapholithella (Ragonot, 1888) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 64 |
| Larentia bitrita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 96 |
| Lasiocesa dogma (Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009) |
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page: TMSA |
| Lasiocesa ladislavi Revay, Saldaitis, Prozorova & Prozorov, 2025 |
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Revay E. E., Prozorova T. A., Junnila A., Yakovlev R. V., Saldaitis A., Volkova J. S., Sulak H., Müller G. C. & Prozorov A. M. 2025. Description of a new species of Lasiocesa Koçak from miombo woodlands in Malawi (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae, Pinarini). page: 323 |
| Lasiocesa lanceolata (Hering, 1932) |
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Joannou J. G. & Kühne L. 2008. Lasiocampidae. – In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). page: 130 |
| Latoia cretata (Karsch, 1899) |
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page: BMNH |
| Latoia intermissa (Walker, 1865) |
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page: BMNH (as albicosta) |
| Latoia nivosa (Felder, 1874) |
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page: BMNH (as angustifascia) |
| Latoia nivosa angustifascia Hering, 1928 |
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page: BMNH |
| Latoia urda (Druce, 1888) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 53 |
| Latoia vivida (Walker, 1865) |
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Pujol R. 1961. Insectes peu connus nuisibles aux caféiers en Afrique tropicale. page: 249 |
| Lechriolepis basirufa Strand, 1912 |
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Joly C., Bernaud D., Pierre J. & Murphy R. J. 2008. Second entomological mission to Malawi. page: 44 |