see text Lathrotelinae is a subfamily of the pyraloid family Crambidae described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1971.

[1] Characteristic features of the Lathrotelinae are the undulating wing outline, the absent chaetosemata on the imaginal head, the completely reduced gnathos, and the male genitalia's aedeagus with a strongly spiculose "manica" on its posterior end.

The few known larvae feed on monocotyledon plants[3][5] and are occasionally found as pest species on oil palms and sugarcane.

However, recent studies[2][3] concluded that Lathroteles obscura J.F.G Clarke, 1971 and several other species are misplaced in Spilomelinae and require a separate subfamily.

According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature's Principle of Priority, the family group name Lathrotelidae J.F.G.