Lecithocerinae

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