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Jordan K. 1922b. A monograph of the Saturnian subfamily Ludiinae. page: 287 |
| Ludia obscura intermedia Jordan, 1922 |
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| Luxiaria ansorgei (Warren, 1903) |
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Warren W. 1903c. New African Thyrididae and Geometridae in the Tring museum. page: 276 |
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Swinhoe C. 1904b. On the Geometridae of tropical Africa in the National Collection. page: 583 (as taeniata) |
| Lygropia flavinotalis Hampson, 1912 |
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Hampson G. F. 1912d. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. page: 559 |
| Lygropia hyalostictalis Hampson, 1912 |
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Hampson G. F. 1912d. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. page: 559 |
| Lygropia pogonodes Hampson, 1912 |
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Hampson G. F. 1912d. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. page: 20 |
| Macaldenia palumbiodes (Hampson, 1902) |
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Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. page: 609 |
| Macella euritiusalis Walker, 1859 |
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Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911a. Descriptions of new African Heterocera. page: 540 (as megalosara) |
| Macellopis ustata 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: 420 |
| Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823) |
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Boorman J. 1960a. Notes on the Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Nigeria. page: 118 |
| Macroplectra fuscifusa Hampson, 1910 |
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Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths. page: 136 |
| Macroplectra obliquilinea Hampson, 1910 |
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Gerard B. M. 1967. A hawkmoth new to Nigeria. page: 23 |
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| Macrotarsipodes sexualis (Hampson, 1910) |
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Hampson G. F. 1910f. Descriptions of new African moths. page: 153 |
| Magusa versicolora (Saalmüller, 1891) |
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Fletcher D. S. 1963a. Exploration du Parc National Albert (deuxième série). 1. Geometridae; 2. Noctuidae. page: 79 |
| Mainiella subterminalis Kiriakoff, 1962 |
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| Maliarpha separatella Ragonot, 1888 |
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Cook M. 1997. Revision of the genus Maliarpha (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), based on adult morphology with description of three new species. page: 31 |
| Maliattha blandula (Guenée, 1862) |
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| Maliattha perta (Schaus & Clements, 1893) |
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| Mallocampa audea (Druce, 1888) |
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Druce H. 1888. Descriptions of some new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, mostly from tropical Africa. page: 677 |
| Manga basilinea Bowden, 1956 |
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page: BMNH |
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Rothschild W. 1921b. On the Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. Buchanan in Northern Nigeria and the Southern Sahara in 1919–1920. Geometridae. page: 227 (as hampsoni) |
| Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) |
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