Genus Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853

Lecithocera is the most diverse genus in the family, with about 340 described species worldwide. In Africa, more than 50 species are known (De Prins & De Prins 2017): 22 species from Madagascar and Comoro Islands; 13 from South Africa; 17 from Central and East Africa, including the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, and Malawi; and two from West Africa (L. eucharis Meyrick from Sierra Leone and L. marginata Walsingham from Gambia). Some of Lecithocera described by Viette (1955, 1986) and Meyrick (1911, 1931), i.e., L. adella, L. decavella, L. kambanella, L. masoalella, and L. mocquerysella as well as L. iresa Meyrick and L. monobyrsa Meyrick, should be considered for transfer to Torodora or other related genera on the basis of male genitalia characters.