| Macrobathra peraeota Meyrick, 1921 |
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Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page: 98 |
| Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823) |
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Druce H. 1890. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Jameson J. S., Story of the rear column of the Emin Pasha relief expedition. page: 446 (as trochiloides) |
| Macroplectra rufopallens Hampson, 1910 |
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Taberer T. R. & László G. M. 2022. A contribution to the knowledge of the slug moths (Zygaenoidea: Limacodidae) of the Maputo Special Reserve. page: 8 |
| Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 136 |
| Macropoliana pinheyi Eitschberger & Melichar, 2016 |
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page: AMUP |
| Macrotarsipodes tricinctus Le Cerf, 1916 |
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Bartsch D. & Sáfián Sz. 2022. Taxonomic changes and review of the genera Tipulamima Holland, 1893 and Macrotarsipodes Le Cerf, 1916 stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae: Sesiinae). page: 122 |
| Maliattha bethunebakeri Han & Kononenko, 2012 |
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page: African Butterfly News (July 2024: 23) |
| Maliattha blandula (Guenée, 1862) |
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Wojtusiak J. 1996b. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part II. Acontiinae, Euteliinae, Stictoperinae, Sarrothripinae, Chloephorinae, Plusiinae. page: 538 |
| Maliattha perta (Schaus & Clements, 1893) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 235 (as blandula) |
| Mallocampa leighi Aurivillius, 1922 |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 127 |
| Malolotia albocellus (Razowski & Trematerra, 2008) |
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Razowski J. & Trematerra P. 2008. On some Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) from Mozambique. page: 38 |
| Manga fuliginosa Moyal & Le Ru, 2006 |
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Moyal P. & Le Ru B. 2006. From population to species: morphological and molecular diversity in east African stem borer species of the genus Manga Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page: 297 |
| Manga melanodonta (Hampson, 1910) |
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Moyal P. & Le Ru B. 2006. From population to species: morphological and molecular diversity in east African stem borer species of the genus Manga Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page: 297 |
| Manga nubifera (Hampson, 1910) |
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Moyal P. & Le Ru B. 2006. From population to species: morphological and molecular diversity in east African stem borer species of the genus Manga Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). page: 297 |
| Maradana thermalis (Hampson, 1906) |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 242 |
| Marasmia poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833) |
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Pagenstecher A. 1893. Lepidopteren gesammelt in Ost-Afrika 1888/89 von Dr. Franz Stuhlmann. page: 48 (as rectistrigosa) |
| Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) |
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Joannis J. de 1927. Pyralidae d'Afrique australe, principalement du district de Lourenço-Marques. page: 247 |
| Marblepsis melanocraspis (Hampson, 1905) |
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Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page: 174 |
| Marcipa carcassoni Pelletier, 1975 |
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Pelletier J. 1978. Révision des espèces du genre Marcipa F. Walker (Lépidoptères Noctuidae Ophiderinae). page: 66 |
| Marcipa insulata (Walker, 1865) |
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page: B. Wursten |
| Marcipa mediana Hampson, 1926 |
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Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). page: 171 |
| Marcipa phaeodonta Hampson, 1926 |
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Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). page: 163 |
| Marcipa pyramidalis (Hampson, 1910) |
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Pelletier J. 1978. Révision des espèces du genre Marcipa F. Walker (Lépidoptères Noctuidae Ophiderinae). page: 79 |
| Marmaroplegma paragarda Wallengren, 1860 |
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Walker F. 1862c. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. page: 269 (as lineosa) |
| Marmax smaragdina (Butler, 1888) |
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Hampson G. F. 1918b. Some small families of the Lepidoptera which are not included in the key to the families in the catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae, a list of the families and subfamilies of the Lepidoptera with their types and a key to the families. page: 379 |