Insects Named For Loew
- Trichosoma loewii Zeller, 1846 (Lepidoptera) (now Ocnogyna loewii)
- Albulina loewii (Zeller, 1847) - Large Jewel Blue (Lepidoptera)
- Scymnus loewii Mulsant, 1850 - Loew's Ladybird (Coleoptera)
- Aleuropteryx loewii Klapálek, 1894 (Neuroptera)
- Acrotelus loewii Reuter, 1885 (Heteroptera, Miridae) - renamed to Acrotelus caspicus
- Damioseca loewii Carvalho
- Phytomyza loewii Hendel, 1923 (Agromyzidae)
- Meromacrus loewii (Williston, 1892) (Syrphidae)
- Trapezostigma loewii (Kaup, 1866) (Odonata, Libellulidae) - Common Glider Dragonfly
- Pterophorus loewii (Zeller, 1847) (now Steoptilia zophodactylus) (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)
- Plejus loewii - Loew's Blue Plejus (Lepidoptera)
- Argyra loewii Kowarz, 1879 (Dolichopodidae)
- Ocnaea loewi Cole, 1919 (Acroceridae)
- Campiglossa loewiana (Hendel,1927) (Tephritidae)
- Loewiella Williston (Asilidae)
- Loewia Egger, 1856 (Tachinidae)
- Muscina angustifrons, 1858 (Muscidae)
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