The Lecithocerinae are a subfamily of small

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family

Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of th ...

. 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 The uncus is an anterior extremity of the parahippocampal gyrus. It is separated from the apex of the temporal lobe by a slight fissure called the incisura temporalis (also called rhinal sulcus). Although superficially continuous with the hipp ...

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

References

Lecithoceridae Moth subfamilies {{Lecithocerinae-stub