''Dicymolomia julianalis'', or Julia's dicymolomia moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in most of eastern North America and on Cuba.

Diet

The larvae have a diverse diet and have been recorded feeding on '' Astragalus canadensis'' and ''

Cirsium lecontei ''Cirsium lecontei'', often called the Le Conte's thistle, is a North American plant species native to the southeastern United States. It is a perennial, or sometimes biennial, species of the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It grow ...

''. They have also been recorded as internal feeders in cattails (''

Typha ''Typha'' is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae. These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush or reedmace, in American English as reed, cattail, or punks, in A ...

'' species) and cactus stems (''

Opuntia ''Opuntia'', commonly called prickly pear or pear cactus, is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Prickly pears are also known as ''tuna'' (fruit), ''sabra'', ''nopal'' (paddle, plural ''nopales'') from the Nahuatl word f ...

'' species). Furthermore, they feed on senescent cotton bolls ('' Gossypium'' species) and are also known as predators on the eggs and larvae of '' Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis''.Biology and description of the larva of ''Dicymolomia metalliferalis'': A casebearing Glaphyriine (Pyralidae)
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References

Moths described in 1859 Glaphyriinae {{Glaphyriinae-stub