The Lecithocerinae are a subfamily of small

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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 the ...

. 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 sulcus called the rhinal sulcus. Although superficially continuous with the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus forms morphol ...

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 The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

Taxonomy and systematics

*'' Achoria'' Meyrick, 1904 *''

Amaloxestis ''Amaloxestis'' is a genus of moths in the lecithocerid subfamily Lecithocerinae. It was established by László Anthony Gozmány in 1971. Species * '' Amaloxestis astringens'' Gozmány, 1973 * '' Amaloxestis callitricha'' (Meyrick Meyrick is ...

'' 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