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transfer of the genus to Plutellidae. Based mainly on larval char¬ 
acters, I consider Plutellidae distinct from Yponomeutidae rather 
than a subfamily of the latter. 
Spilogenes is a synonym of Ellabella: the statement by Meyrick 
(1938) that Spilogenes lacks maxillary palpi is erroneous. Ellabella ap¬ 
pears to be an archaic genus with one species in China and two in 
North America. This odd distribution is not uncommon in western 
North America where a number of archaic animal and plant groups 
have nearest relatives in the Far East. The biology of Ellabella remains 
unknown. 
Homadaula Lower, 1899, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 24:115. 
Type-species: Homadaula lasiochroa Lower, 1899, by monotypy. 
Paraprays Rebel, 1910, Dtsch. Entomol. Zeit. Iris 24:13. 
Type-species: Paraprays punctigera Rebel, 1910, by monotypy. 
Stichotactis Meyrick, 1930, Exot. Microlepid. 3:562. 
Type-species: Stichotactis calamitosa Meyrick, 1930, by monotypy. 
anisocentra Meyrick, 1922, Entomol. Mitt. 11:47. 
Holotype 9 (HZMB). China: Tsingtau [ = Ch’ingtao], 
[Shantung Prov.]. 
usuguronis Matsumura, 1931, 6000 lllus. Ins. Japan-Empire, 
1098. (Hyponomeuta). 
Holotype (?) (Hokkaido Univ.?). Japan. 
albizziae Clarke, 1943, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 93:206. 
Holotype d (USNM). D. C.: Washington. 
Homadaula was included in the Glyphipterigidae when Clarke (1943) 
redescribed H. anisocentra as a new species introduced into North 
America, although Meyrick and Lower described the taxa in Plutel¬ 
lidae. The placement of the genus in Plutellidae was substantiated by 
Friese (1962), although not accepted by Clarke (1968), and again noted 
by Heppner and Dekle (1975). Pupal behavior and larval characters 
exclude the genus from Glyphipterigidae and demonstrate affinites 
to other Plutellidae, whereas the tineoid abdominal articulation 
(Heppner, 1977) excludes the genus from the Sesioidea. 
There are several species of Homadaula in the Far East and Old 
World tropics, but only H. anisocentra has been found in eastern 
North America and in California. The larvae of this species feed on 
leaves of Albizzia and Gleditsia trees (Leguminoseae) in North Amer¬ 
ica. 
Araeolepia Walsingham, 1881, Proc.Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881'303. 
Type-species: Araeolepia subfasciella Walsingham, 1881, by mono¬ 
typy. 
subfasciella Walsingham, 1881, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881:303. 
Lectotype d (BMNH). Oregon: Currant Creek, [Grant County]. 
