| Metarctia tenebrosa Le Cerf, 1922 |
Eastern Cape |
Przybyłowicz Ł. 2019. Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini: Thyretina (Noctuoidea). – 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: 412 |
| Metarctia transvaalica (Kiriakoff, 1973) |
Gauteng |
Kiriakoff S. G. 1953a. Les Thyretidae du Musée Royal du Congo Belge (Lepidoptera Notodontoidea). page: 60 |
| Metasia arida Hampson, 1913 |
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Mey W. 2011. Basic pattern of Lepidoptera diversity in southwestern Africa. page: 250 (as aridalis) |
| Metasia eremialis Hampson, 1913 |
Gauteng |
Hampson G. F. 1913b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. page: 3 |
| Metasia eremialis Hampson, 1913 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page: 132 |
| Metasia eremialis Hampson, 1913 |
Mpumalanga |
Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page: 132 |
| Metasia perfervidalis (Hampson, 1913) |
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Hampson G. F. 1913b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. page: 34 (as prostygialis) |
| Metasia profanalis (Walker, 1866) |
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Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3. page: 1403 |
| Metasia sinuifera Hampson, 1913 |
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Hampson G. F. 1913b. Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae. page: 4 |
| Metendothenia balanacma (Meyrick, 1914) |
Gauteng |
Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page: 42 |
| Metendothenia balanacma (Meyrick, 1914) |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page: 42 (map) |
| Metendothenia balanacma (Meyrick, 1914) |
Limpopo |
Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page: 42 (map) |
| Metisa aethiops (Hampson, 1910) |
Eastern Cape |
Hampson G. F. 1910b. Descriptions of new African moths. page: 116 |
| Metisa heylaertsi (Junod, 1898) |
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Dalla Torre K. W. von & Strand E. 1929. Psychidae. – In: Strand, E. (ed.), Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page: 187 |
| Metisa jansei Bourgogne, 1973 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Bourgogne J. 1973. Description d'une espèce africaine nouvelle du genre Metisa Walker, 1855. page: 368 |
| Metoeca foedalis (Guenée, 1854) |
Mpumalanga |
page: J. Heyns |
| Metoecis nyctosia (Balinsky, 1991) |
Gauteng |
Balinsky B. I. 1991b. New and inadequately described genera and species of Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Phycitinae) from southern Africa. page: 110 |
| Metoponrhis striata (Hampson, 1902) |
KwaZulu-Natal |
Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). page: 357 |
| Metriochroa pergulariae Vári, 1961 |
Limpopo |
Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page: 198 |
| Metriochroa tylophorae Vári, 1961 |
Eastern Cape |
Vári L. 1961. South African Lepidoptera. I. Lithocolletidae. page: 199 |
| Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908) |
Eastern Cape |
Bidzilya O. V. 2019. Gelechiidae (Gelechioidea). – 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: 266 |
| Metzneria acrena (Meyrick, 1908) |
Limpopo |
Meyrick E. 1908b. Descriptions of African Micro-Lepidoptera. page: 724 |
| Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911 |
Mpumalanga |
Janse A. J. T. 1950. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. page: 101 |
| Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911 |
Free State |
Janse A. J. T. 1950. The Moths of South Africa. V. Gelechiadae. page: 101 |
| Metzneria heptacentra Meyrick, 1911 |
Gauteng |
Meyrick E. 1911d. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. III. page: 64 |