{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | image2 = | image2_caption = | status = | status_system = | taxon = Archips rileyanus | authority = (Grote, 1868)<ref>[http://www.tortricidae.com/catalogueGenusList.asp?gcode=106 tortricidae.com]</ref> | synonyms = *''Tortrix rileyana'' <small>Grote, 1868</small> *''Archips rileyana'' *''Cacoecia fervidana'' <small>Walker, 1863</small> }}

'''''Archips rileyanus''''', the '''southern ugly-nest caterpillar moth''', is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.<ref>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=3662 mothphotographersgroup]</ref>

The wingspan is 19–26&nbsp;mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in March and from May to July.

The larvae feed on ''Aesculus'' (including ''Aesculus californica'' and ''Aesculus pavia''), ''Carya'', ''Cornus'', ''Juglans'', ''Prunus'', ''Symphoricarpos'' and ''Vernonia'' species.<ref>[http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=Archips&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=rileyan&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=&Country=&sort=Family HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants]</ref>

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Category:Moths described in 1868 rileyanus Category:Moths of North America Category:Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote

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