A checklist of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of the Afrotropical Region

Abstract

A tentative checklist of 179 species belonging to the family Lecithoceridae (68 species of the subfamily Lecithocerinae and 111 species of the subfamily Torodorinae) is provided, with references to the original description, type species, and distribution. Twelve species that were described in Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer by Viette (1954–1988) from Madagascar are separately placed at the end of the genus of Torodora as “ incertae sedis ”, because the generic assignment is still uncertain. Eight species that were originally placed in Lecithocera or Idiopteryx Walsingham are excluded from Lecithoceridae, following Park et al. (2020).