The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family 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 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

Palaearctic realm The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

Systematics

The Lecithoceridae belong to the superfamily

Gelechioidea __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia ''Gelechia'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. The type species is '' Gelechia rhombella''. Species *Subgenus ''Gelechia'' **'' Gelechia asinella'' (Hubner, 1796) **'' Gel ...

, and comprises over 100 genera and nearly 900 species. The family is divided into these subfamilies: * Lecithocerinae * Torodorinae Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 * Ceuthomadarinae Gozmány, 1978 Park (2015) recently proposed another subfamily Crocanthinae, mainly based on ''Crocanthes'' Meyrick. The new subfamily include ''Crocanthes'' Meyrick, ''Aprosesta'' Turner, ''st. rev.'' (which is resurrected as a valid genus), ''Lamprista'' Park, ''Pacificulla'' Park, ''Hannara'' Park, and ''Gonaepa'' Walker.

Unplaced to subfamily

*''Crocanthes'' group **'' Crocanthes'' Meyrick, 1886 **'' Cophomantella'' T. B. Fletcher, 1940 **'' Hannara'' Park in Park & Lee, 2013 **'' Pacificulla'' Park in Park & Lee, 2013 **'' Lamprista'' Park & Lee, 2013 *''Martyringa'' group **'' Martyringa'' Busck, 1902 *Other genera **'' Aproparia'' Gozmány, 1972 **'' Asmenistis'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Cynicocrates'' Meyrick, 1935 **'' Cynicostola'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Enthetica'' Meyrick, 1916 **'' Epimactis'' Meyrick, 1907 **'' Galoxestis'' Wu, 1994 **'' Heteroderces'' Meyrick, 1929 **'' Hypochasmia'' Meyrick, 1929 **'' Hyptiastis'' Meyrick, 1911 **'' Isotypa'' Janse, 1954 **'' Longipenis'' Wu, 1994 **'' Malachoherca'' Wu, 1994 **'' Merocrates'' Meyrick, 1931 **'' Mexytocerus'' Viette, 1989 **'' Monerista'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Olbothrepta'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Opacoptera'' Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 **'' Phanoschista'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Phatnotis'' Meyrick, 1913 **'' Philarachnis'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Placanthes'' Meyrick, 1923 **'' Plagiocrossa'' Janse, 1954 **'' Pompographa'' Gozmány, 1971 **'' Proesochtha'' Wu, 1994 **'' Ptilothyris'' Walsingham, 1897 **'' Rhyparomatrix'' Gozmány, 1972 **''

Scaeostrepta ''Scaeostrepta'' is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species ''Scaeostrepta geranoptera'', which is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's s ...

'' Meyrick, 1931 **'' Scythostola'' Meyrick, 1925 **'' Sisyrodonta'' Meyrick, 1922 **'' Sphaerolbia'' Meyrick, 1934 **'' Stryphnocopa'' Meyrick, 1920 **'' Thamnopalpa'' Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978 **'' Urolaguna'' Wu, 1994

References

Moth families Gelechioidea {{Lecithoceridae-stub