| Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858) |
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Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page: 265 |
| Mecothrix aegyptiaca (Snellen, 1875) |
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Hacker H. H. 2014. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae) Supplement 1. page: 131 (as bischofi) |
| Mecothrix aegyptiaca bischofi (Hacker, 2012) |
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Hacker H. H. 2014. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae) Supplement 1. page: 131 |
| Megalophanes luteipalpis (Walker, 1870) |
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Dalla Torre K. W. von & Strand E. 1929. Psychidae. – In: Strand, E. (ed.), Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page: 115 |
| Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794) |
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Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page: 277 |
| Meharia acuta Wiltshire, 1982 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page: 276 |
| Meharia philbyi Bradley, 1952 |
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Bradley J. D. 1952. Two new species of Meharia (Lep., Cossidae). page: 242 |
| Meharia semilactea (Warren & Rothschild, 1905) |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page: 186 (as incurvariella) |
| Mekrania obliqualis Wiltshire, 1982 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1982a. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Bombycidae, Sphingidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 2). page: 327 |
| Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878 |
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Bartsch D. 2016b. Melittia fiebigi spec. nov. and Afromelittia caerulea spec. nov., two new Melittiini from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). page: 109 |
| Melittia simonyi Rebel, 1899 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page: 186 |
| Menophra arabica Wiltshire, 1980 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page: 200 |
| Mentaxya arabica Wiltshire, 1980 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page: 210 |
| Mentaxya medioatra (Hampson, 1918) |
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page: A. Legrain |
| Merulempista cingillella (Zeller, 1846) |
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Amsel H. G. 1958b. Kleinschmetterlinge aus Nordost-Arabien der Ausbeute A. S. Talhouk. page: 71 |
| Merulempista turturella (Zeller, 1848) |
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Amsel H. G. 1958b. Kleinschmetterlinge aus Nordost-Arabien der Ausbeute A. S. Talhouk. page: 71 (as numidella) |
| Mesocolpia nanula (Mabille, 1900) |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1990. An illustrated, annotated catalogue of the Macro-Heterocera of Saudi Arabia. – In: Büttiker, W. & Krupp, F. (Eds.). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. page: 131 |
| Mesoligia algaini Wiltshire, 1983 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3). page: 314 |
| Metachrostis quinaria (Moore, 1881) |
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Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page: 261 |
| Metachrostis snelleni (Wallengren, 1875) |
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Hacker H. H. 2014. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae) Supplement 1. page: 252 |
| Metacosmesis xerostola Diakonoff, 1983 |
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Diakonoff A. 1983c. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Tortricidae, Choreutidae, Brachodidae and Carposinidae. page: 282 |
| Metagarista subcrocea Wiltshire, 1983 |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3). page: 309 |
| Metalopha liturata (Christoph, 1887) |
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Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page: 598 |
| Metapioplasta insocia (Walker, 1858) |
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Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page: 223 |
| Metapioplasta transfigurata (Wallengren, 1856) |
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Hacker H. H., Legrain A. & Fibiger M. 2008. Revision of the genus Acontia Ochsenheimer, 1816 and the tribus Acontiini Guenée, 1841 (Old World) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acontiinae). page: 265 |