| Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 177 |
| Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855) |
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Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page: 396 (as xyleutis) |
| Laeliopsis maculigera Strand, 1913 |
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page: TMSA |
| Laeliopsis punctuligera Aurivillius, 1911 |
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Aurivillius C. 1911a. New genera and species of African Striphnopterygidae and Lasiocampidae in the British Museum. page: 165 |
| Laetilia hebraica Joannis, 1927 |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 200 |
| Lamoria adaptella (Walker, 1863) |
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Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page: 51 (as bipunctanus) |
| Lamoria imbella (Walker, 1864) |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 186 |
| Laodamia bibasella Joannis, 1927 |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 220 |
| Laodamia floridana Joannis, 1927 |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 222 |
| Laodamia leucosticta Joannis, 1927 |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 220 |
| Laodamia scalaris Joannis, 1927 |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 222 |
| 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 |
| Lasiochlora bicolor (Thierry-Mieg, 1907) |
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Prout L. B. 1929–1938. Die Spannerartigen Nachtfalter (Geometridae). Die Afrikanischen Spanner. Geometridae. – In: Seitz A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. page: 37 |
| Lasiomactra acharista Meyrick, 1921 |
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Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page: 102 |
| Latoia intermissa (Walker, 1865) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 53 (as albicosta) |
| Latoia latistriga (Walker, 1855) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 53 |
| 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 viridifascia Holland, 1893 |
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Janse A. J. T. 1964. The Moths of South Africa. VII. Limacodidae. page: 120 |
| Latoia vivida (Walker, 1865) |
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Karsch F. 1896d. Die äthiopischen Limakodiden des Berliner Museums. page: 277 (as arcuata) |
| Lecithocera cucullata Meyrick, 1914 |
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Meyrick E. 1914a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. page: 199 |
| Lecithocera flavipalpis Walsingham, 1891 |
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Janse A. J. T. 1951. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. page: 345 |
| Lecithocera ideologa Meyrick, 1937 |
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Janse A. J. T. 1954. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. page: 336 |
| Lecithocera minyodes Park & De Prins, 2019 |
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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 |
| Leipoxais acharis Hering, 1928 |
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Takano H. & László G. M. 2024b. The Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampoidea) of Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique: a provisional checklist with descriptions of three new species and taxonomic notes. page: 243 (needs confirmation) |
| Leipoxais emarginata Aurivillius, 1911 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 125 |