Lecithocerinae

The Lecithocerinae are 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 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.

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