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THE PAN-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGIST 
Lotisma was proposed for a single species, L. trigonana, which was 
originally described as a tortricid. Lotisma was placed in Glyphipteri- 
gidae (auctorum) by Barnes and McDunnough (1917), but Meyrick 
(1927) considered it (together with Ellabella, below) to be near the 
ethmiids. In his treatment of New World Ethmiidae, Powell (1973) 
noted that both Lotisma and Ellabella are neither ethmiid nor gele- 
chioid. 
Morphological features of adult Lotisma species and characters of 
the larva of L. trigonana demonstrate affinities to other members of 
the Copromorphoidea. The lack of reduced wing venation and larval 
characters do not indicate a position in the Carposinidae, as in¬ 
dicated by MacKay (1972), but show relationships to other species of 
Copromorphidae. The Copromorphidae are here extended into North 
America from the Neotropics for the first time by the inclusion of 
Lotisma in this family. 
Only two species of Lotisma are known thus far. The genus will be 
discussed further in a review currently in preparation. Lotisma tri¬ 
gonana has been reared from Arbutus menziesii Pursh and Gaultheria 
shallon Pursh (Ericaceae) (label data) in British Columbia and is dis¬ 
tributed from British Columbia south. Populations in Mexico appear 
the same but are beyond the range of the hosts. 
Plutellidae 
Ellabella Busck, 1925, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 27:46. 
Type-species: Ellabella editha Busck, 1925, orig. desig. 
Probolacma Meyrick, 1927, Exot. Microlepid. 3:362. 
Type-species: Probolacma melanoclista Meyrick, 1927, by 
monotypy. 
Spilogenes Meyrick, 1938, Dtsch. Entomol. Zeit. Iris 52:19. New 
synonymy. 
Type-sp.: Spilogenes chalazombra Meyrick, 1938, by monotypy. 
chalazombra (Meyrick, 1938), Dtsch. Entomol. Zeit. Iris 52:19. 
(Spilogenes). New combination. 
Lectotype 6 (BMNH). China: Likiang, [Yunnan Province]. 
editha Busck, 1925, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 27:48. 
Holotype 9 (USNM). British Columbia: Saanichton. 
melanoclista (Meyrick, 1927), Exot. Microlepid. 3:362. 
(Probolacma). 
Holotype 9 (BMNH). Texas: Alpine, [Brewster County]. 
Ellabella was described in Glyphipterigidae (auctorum) and more re¬ 
cently was considered in Ethmiidae (Clarke, 1955). Meyrick (1927) 
considered the genus (as Probolacma), together with Lotisma, to be 
near the ethmiids. As noted above, Powell (1973) indicated that 
neither genus is gelechioid. The naked haustellum and the large 4- 
segmented maxillary palpi, among other characters, warrant the 
