The light receptacle has: a light transmitting light receptacle main body (130); support parts (140) disposed on both ends of the light receptacle main body (130); first optical surfaces (132) to which light emitted by light-emitting elements (114) is made incident; second optical surfaces (136) that output light made incident at the plurality of first optical surfaces (132) toward the end surfaces of a plurality of light transmitting bodies (116); and four adhesive holding parts (142) that are through holes or recesses with the entire periphery thereof surrounded by the support parts and that are disposed at the four corners of the light receptacle (120) in a plane view. The light receptacle main body (130) and the support parts (140) have a plane-symmetrical shape, and the four adhesive holding parts (142) are disposed in plane-symmetrical positions.