| Lecithocerinae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Subfamily: | Lecithocerinae |
Lecithocerinae is 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 vestigal 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 genera belonging here include: