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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Archips » Southern Ugly-nest Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#3662 (Archips rileyana)

Species Archips rileyana - Southern Ugly-nest Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#3662

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Tortricid - Archips rileyana Ugly-nest Caterpillar - Hodges#3661 - Archips rileyana 5/23 mms - Archips rileyana Moth - Archips rileyana Archips rileyana (Grote) - Archips rileyana Moth on sweetgum leaf - Archips rileyana Archips rileyana Caterpillar-like larvae - Archips rileyana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Archipini
Genus Archips
Species rileyana (Southern Ugly-nest Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#3662)
Hodges Number
3662
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Archips rileyana (Grote, 1868)
Tortrix rileyana Grote, 1868
Explanation of Names
Patronym for famed entomologist Charles Valentine Riley (1843–1895).
Size
Wingspan 28 mm (Grote, 1868).
Identification
Adult - spots variable, see MPG.
- fairly typical form
Range
Mississippi Valley to central Texas. (1)
Food
Larval hosts are buckeye (Aesculus, Hippocastanaceae) and hickory (Carya, Juglandaceae).
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1868. On the synonomy, etc. of certain species of American Lepidoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2: 121.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Augustus Radcliffe Grote (1841-1903)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 22 July, 2010 - 12:25pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Nick Block, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 January, 2018 - 5:00pm

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