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 <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Amaloxestis <small>Gozmány, 1971</small>
- Atrichozancla <small>Janse, 1954</small>
- Carodista <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Crinellus <small>Park, 2012</small>
- Crocogma <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Dinochares <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Dolichotorna <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Doxogenes <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Dragmatucha <small>Meyrick, 1908</small>
- Eridachtha <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Eurodachtha <small>Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978</small>
- Frisilia <small>Walker, 1864</small>
- Hamatina <small>Park, 2011</small>
- Heteralcis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Heterodeltis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Hoenea <small>Gozmány, 1970</small>
- Homaloxestis <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Ilioparsis <small>Gozmány, 1973</small>
- Issikiopteryx <small>Moriuti, 1973</small>
- Kalocyrma <small>Wu, 1994</small>
- Lacuniola <small>Park, 2012</small>
- Lecithocera <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1853</small>
- Lecitholaxa <small>Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978</small>
- Mnesteria <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Neocorodes <small>Meyrick, 1923</small>
- Neopectinimura <small>Park in Park & Byun, 2010</small>
- Neotimyra <small>Park, 2011</small>
- Nosphistica <small>Meyrick, 1911</small>
- Onnuria <small>Park, 2011</small>
- Oxygnostis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Parelliptis <small>Meyrick, 1910</small>
- Pectinimura <small>Park in Park & Byun, 2008</small>
- Procharista <small>Meyrick, 1922</small>
- Protolychnis <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Pseudocrates <small>Meyrick, 1918</small>
- Rhizosthenes <small>Meyrick in Caradja & Meyrick, 1935</small>
- Sarisophora <small>Meyrick, 1904</small>
- Scolizona <small>Park, 2011</small>
- Scythropiodes <small>Matsumura, 1931</small>
- Siderostigma <small>Gozmány, 1973</small>
- Spatulignatha <small>Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978</small>
- Strombiola <small>Park, 2011</small>
- Synersaga <small>Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978</small>
- Sulciolus <small>Park, 2012</small>
- Technographa <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Tegenocharis <small>Gozmány, 1973</small>
- Telephata <small>Meyrick, 1916</small>
- Teucrodoxa <small>Meyrick, 1925</small>
- Thailepidonia <small>Park, 2007</small>
- Timyra <small>Walker, 1864</small>
- Tisis <small>Walker, 1864</small>
- Trichoboscis <small>Meyrick, 1929</small>
- Woonpaikia <small>Park, 2010</small>
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