| Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897 |
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page: H. Roland |
| Laelioproctis leucosphena Collenette, 1939 |
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Collenette C. L. 1939b. New Lymantriidae (Lep. Het.) from Central Madagascar and S. W. Africa. page: 143 |
| Laeliopsis punctuligera Aurivillius, 1911 |
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Delabye S., Sedláček O., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2020b. New records of six moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Lasiocampidae) species in south African countries, with comments on their distribution. page: 12 |
| Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864) |
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Arenberger E. 2004. Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera, Pterophoroidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page: 205 |
| Laodamia homotypa Balinsky, 1994 |
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Balinsky B. I. 1994. A study of African Phycitinae in the Transvaal Museum. page: 20 |
| Lasioctena bonaprospecti Mey, 2011 |
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Mey W. 2011. Basic pattern of Lepidoptera diversity in southwestern Africa. page: 165 |
| Latoia eremotropha Janse, 1964 |
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Janse A. J. T. 1964. The Moths of South Africa. VII. Limacodidae. page: 114 |
| Latoia johannes (Distant, 1898) |
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Kopij G. 2025. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia III: Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. page: 4 |
| Latoia latistriga (Walker, 1855) |
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Kopij G. 2014. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia. I. Seasonal distribution of moths of the Koakoland (Mopane) Savanna in Ogongo, northern Namibia. page: 119 |
| Latoia vivida (Walker, 1865) |
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Janse A. J. T. 1964. The Moths of South Africa. VII. Limacodidae. page: 119 |
| Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937 |
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Mey W. 2007b. Microlepidoptera: Smaller families. – In Mey, W. (ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. Part 2. page: 20 |
| Lecithocera lucernata Meyrick, 1913 |
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Park K.-T. & De Prins W. 2019b. A review of the Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of southern Africa, based on type specimens deposited in the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History (TMSA), with descriptions of three new species. page: 73 |
| Leiorhynx argentifascia Hampson, 1902 |
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page: BMNH, TMSA |
| Leipoxais emarginata Aurivillius, 1911 |
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Kopij G. & Paxton M. 2019. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia II: Okavango River Valley, Kavango Region. page: 32 |
| Leptilema albostriatum (Kühne, 2010) |
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Kühne L. 2010. Taxonomische Ergebnisse der Bearbeitung der Nachtfalterfauna des südlichen Afrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). page: 438 |
| Leptolepida rattus (Kiriakoff, 1970) |
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Schintlmeister A. & Witt T. J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). page: 74 |
| Leptolepida varians Kiriakoff, 1962 |
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Kiriakoff S. G. 1970d. Notodontidae africains nouveaux, X (Lepidoptera: Notodontoidea). page: 185 (as elegans) |
| Leptometa nyassana (Aurivillius, 1909) |
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Kopij G. 2025. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia III: Katima Mulilo, Zambezi Region. page: 10 |
| Leucania curvula Walker, 1856 |
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Hacker H. H. 2004b. Nolidae and Noctuidae (excluding Catocalinae: Audeini and Tachosini) (Lepidoptera). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page: 285 (as pseudoloreyi) |
| Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827) |
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page: H. Roland |
| Leucania zeae (Duponchel, 1827) |
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Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page: 641 (introduced) |
| Leucaniodes periconia Prout L. B., 1922 |
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Prout L. B. 1922b. Some new Geometridae and Dioptidae in the Joicey collection. page: 256 |
| Leucochlaena aenigma Pinhey, 1968 |
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page: H. Roland |
| Leucoptera bifasciatella Mey, 2019 |
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Mey W. 2019f. Lyonetiidae and Bedelliidae (Yponomeutoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page: 209 |
| Leumicamia leucosoma (Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875) |
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Kopij G. 2014. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia. I. Seasonal distribution of moths of the Koakoland (Mopane) Savanna in Ogongo, northern Namibia. page: 126 |