Lecithoceridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Lecithoceridae
Subfamiliae (3): Crocanthinae - Lecithocerinae - Torodorinae
Overview of genera

Compsistis – Corymbus – Crinellus – Halista – Hamatina – Hannara – Lacuniola – Lamprista – Lepidozonates – Mireana – Pacificulla – Proesochtha – Ptilothyris – Sulciolus – Viperinus
Name

Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947
References

Park, K.-T. 1999: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) of Taiwan (I): Subfamily Lecithocerinae : Genera Homaloxestis Meyrick and Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer. Zoological Studies 38 (2): 238–256. [1]
Park, K.-T. 2003: Three new species of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera) from Taiwan. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 6 (1): 15–19.
Park, K.-T. 2005: Two new species of the genus Nosphistica Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China and Vietnam. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 8 (2): 123–125.
Park, K.-T. 2005: Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer of Thailand (1): Descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 8 (3): 233–237.
Park, K.-T. 2010: A new genus Woonpaikia Park, gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 13 (3): 239–242. Abstract: [2].
Park, K.T., 2011: Two new species of the genus Telephata Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Papua New Guinea with notes on T. nitens (Daikonoff), comb. nov. Entomological Science 14 (1): 82–86.
Park, K.T., 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part I: Onnuria, New Genus, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113 (2): 154–162. Abstract: DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.113.2.154.
Park, K.T., 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea: Part II. Hamatina gen. nov., with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14 (2): 205–211.
Park, K.T., 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea: Part III. A new Genus Scolizona with description of two new species. Florida Entomologist 94 (2): 303–310. Abstract: DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0225.
Park, K.T., 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea: Part IV. Genus Pectinimura Park with descriptions of four new species and four new combinations. Zootaxa 3040: 43–54. Abstract: [3].
Park, K.T., 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea: Part V. Descriptions of two new genera, Neotimyra gen. nov. and Strombiola gen. nov. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14 (4): 417–421. Abstract: DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2011.04.009.
Park, K.T., 2011: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VII: Crocanthes pancala Species Complex. Florida Entomologist 94 (4): 779–786.
Park, K.T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VI: Lecithocera sublunata species complex. Entomological Science 15 (1): 68–73. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00462.x .
Park, K.T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VIII: A new genus Sulciolus, with descriptions of two new species. Entomological Science 15 (3): 294–302. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00512.x.
Park, K.T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part IX: Lacuniola, n. gen. and Crinellus, n. gen. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114 (2): 217–223. Abstract: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.114.2.217
Park, K.T., 2012: Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea, Part X: Review of the genus Lecithocera with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15 (2): 313–327.
Park, K.T., 2013: A new genus Heppneralis Park of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Is. Sulawesi, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 16 (2): 199–122. Abstract: DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2012.07.007.
Park, K.T. & B.-K. Byun, 2008: A new genus Pectinimura (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae), with four new species from Thailand and the Philippines. Florida Entomologist 91 (1): 110–115. Full article: [4]
Park, K.T. & J.B. Heppner, 2013: New genus, Lepidozonates Park, gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) with description of three new species. Entomological Science 16 (2): 222–226. Abstract: DOI: 10.1111/ens.12006
Park, K.-T. & M.Y. Kim, 2009: Notialis Park n. gen. from the Philippines, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 111 (1): 122–127.
Park, K.T. & S.M. Lee, 2013: Pacificulla gen. nov. of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) from New Guinea, with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 3599 (1): 67–77. Abstract: [5].
Park, K.-T. & C.-S. Wu, 2009: Notes on five little known genera of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera), with three new species from Thailand. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 12 (4): 261–267.
Wang, H.-S. ; W. Xiong & M. Wang, 2010: Two new species of the genus Longipenis (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from China. Florida Entomologist 93 (3): 352–356. Full article: [6].
Pitkin, B. & P. Jenkins. Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum.[7]

Vernacular names
English: Tropical Longhorned Moths
中文: 曲角蛾科

The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths 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.
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

Park (2015)[2] 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 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

Savela, Markku. "Lecithoceridae Le Marchand, 1947". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
Park, Kyu-Tek (2015-12-30). "A new subfamily Crocanthinae based on the genus Crocanthes Meyrick and its related genera, with a world catalog of the subfamily (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae)". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 8 (4): 251–286. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2015.10.010.