Lecithoceridae

Long-horned moths
Crocanthes glycina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
(unranked):	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947
Diversity
Over 100 genera nearly 900 species

The Lecithoceridae (long-horned moths) are a family of small moths. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalaya ecozone and the southern part of the Palaearctic ecozone.

Systematics

The Lecithoceridae belong to the superfamily Gelechioidea, 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

Unplaced to subfamily

• Crocanthes group
  • Crocanthes Meyrick, 1886
  • Cophomantella 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 Meyrick, 1931
  • Scythostola Meyrick, 1925
  • Sisyrodonta Meyrick, 1922
  • Sphaerolbia Meyrick, 1934
  • Stryphnocopa Meyrick, 1920
  • Thamnopalpa Gozmány in Amsel et al., 1978
  • Urolaguna Wu, 1994