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Julia's Dicymolomia - Hodges#4889 (Dicymolomia julianalis)
Species
Dicymolomia julianalis
- Julia's Dicymolomia - Hodges#4889
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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.
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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.
Contributed by
Chuck Entz
on 5 August, 2006 - 5:00pm
Additional contributions by
Will Cook
,
Robert Lord Zimlich
,
Fyn Kynd
Last updated 28 August, 2014 - 6:11pm