| Scientific name | Authorship | Rank | Status | Images | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxera nigriceps | (Walker, 1858) | species | Accepted | ||
| Mecodina africana | (Holland, 1894) | species | Accepted | ||
| Mecothrix omphalota | (Hampson, 1903) | species | Accepted | ||
| Megalorhipida leucodactylus | (Fabricius, 1794) | species | Accepted | ||
| Megalorhipida vivax | (Meyrick, 1909) | species | Accepted | ||
| Melinoessa fulvescens | Prout L. B., 1916 | species | Accepted | ||
| Mesocolpia nanula | (Mabille, 1900) | species | Accepted | ||
| Mesolia microdontalis | (Hampson, 1919) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metachrostis quinaria | (Moore, 1881) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metapioplasta insocia | (Walker, 1858) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metapioplasta transfigurata | (Wallengren, 1856) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metapioplasta transfigurata transfigurata | (Wallengren, 1856) | subspecies | Accepted | ||
| Metarctia burra | (Schaus & Clements, 1893) | species | Accepted | ||
| Metasia perfervidalis | (Hampson, 1913) | species | Accepted | ||
| Miantochora interrupta | (Bastelberger, 1907) | species | Accepted | ||
| Micralarctia punctulatum | (Wallengren, 1860) | species | Accepted | ||
| Microloxia ruficornis | Warren, 1897 | species | Accepted | ||
| Micropostega aeneofasciata | Walsingham, 1891 | species | Accepted | ||
| Mimopacha rotundata | Hering, 1941 | species | Accepted | ||
| Miniodes discolor | Guenée, 1852 | species | Accepted | ||
| Misa memnonia | Karsch, 1895 | species | Accepted | ||
| Mitrophrys magna | (Walker, 1854) | species | Accepted | ||
| Mitrophrys menete | (Cramer, 1775) | species | Accepted | ||
| Mocis mayeri | (Boisduval, 1833) | species | Accepted | ||
| Mocis proverai | Zilli, 2000 | species | Accepted |