The Lecithocerinae are a subfamily of small moths in the family Lecithoceridae. They are found worldwide, but most species occur in South Asia. The subfamily is characterized by the male genitalia with a bridge-like structure connecting the tegumen and the valva, and the uncus almost always is vestigial with two lobes at the dorsal base, only exceptionally united into a broad plate, but never as a thorn or spine.
Older classifications have treated the family Lecithoceridae as subfamily Lecithocerinae of Gelechiidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
Achoria Meyrick, 1904 Amaloxestis Gozmány, 1971 Atrichozancla Janse, 1954 Carodista Meyrick, 1925 Crinellus Park, 2012 Crocogma Meyrick, 1918 Dinochares Meyrick, 1925 Dolichotorna Meyrick, 1910 Doxogenes Meyrick, 1925 Dragmatucha Meyrick, 1908 Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910 Eurodachtha Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 Frisilia Walker, 1864 Hamatina Park, 2011 Heteralcis Meyrick, 1925 Heterodeltis Meyrick, 1925 Hoenea Gozmány, 1970 Homaloxestis Meyrick, 1910
Ilioparsis Gozmány, 1973 Issikiopteryx Moriuti, 1973 Kalocyrma Wu, 1994 Lacuniola Park, 2012 Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 Lecitholaxa Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 Mnesteria Meyrick, 1910 Neocorodes Meyrick, 1923 Neopectinimura Park in Park & Byun, 2010 Neotimyra Park, 2011 Nosphistica Meyrick, 1911 Onnuria Park, 2011 Oxygnostis Meyrick, 1925 Parelliptis Meyrick, 1910 Pectinimura Park in Park & Byun, 2008 Procharista Meyrick, 1922 Protolychnis Meyrick, 1925 Pseudocrates Meyrick, 1918 Rhizosthenes Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935 Sarisophora Meyrick, 1904 Scolizona Park, 2011 Scythropiodes Matsumura, 1931 Siderostigma Gozmány, 1973 Spatulignatha Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 Strombiola Park, 2011 Synersaga Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 Sulciolus Park, 2012 Technographa Meyrick, 1925 Tegenocharis Gozmány, 1973 Telephata Meyrick, 1916 Teucrodoxa Meyrick, 1925 Thailepidonia Park, 2007 Timyra Walker, 1864 Tisis Walker, 1864 Trichoboscis Meyrick, 1929 Woonpaikia Park, 2010
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