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Species Dicymolomia julianalis - Julia's Dicymolomia - Hodges#4889

Julia's Dicymolomia Moth - Hodges #4889 (Dicymolomia julianalis)-2 - Dicymolomia julianalis Julia's dicymolomia - Dicymolomia julianalis Dicymolomia julianalis - male Caramel candy moth - Dicymolomia julianalis tiny moth - Dicymolomia julianalis odd moth - Dicymolomia julianalis Dicymolomia at porchlight - Dicymolomia julianalis Julia's Dicymolomia Moth Dicymolomia julianalis? - Dicymolomia julianalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Glaphyriinae
Genus Dicymolomia
Species julianalis (Julia's Dicymolomia - Hodges#4889)
Hodges Number
4889
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dicymolomia julianalis (Walker, 1859)
Range
Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart
Food
Larvae have an unusually diverse range of hosts, including musk thistle (Carduus nutans), bagworm egg clusters and cattail (Typha spp.). Of these 3 hosts, cattail is believed to be the primary host throughout the year. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - live & pinned images
BOLD Systems - pinned images of DNA supported specimens
Works Cited
1.Dicymolomia julianalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Selected Hosts in Eastern and Middle Tennessee
Deborah Landau, Jerome F. Grant and Paris L. Lambdin. 1996. Dept. of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee - Environmental Entomology, Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.25-28.