Butterflies / Moths of Highline Lake State Park

Highline Lake State Park lies within the Grand Valley of western Colorado at the eastern edge of the Great Basin, about 20 miles west and north of Grand Junction. The park encompasses about 570 acres and consists of Mack Mesa Reservoir and Highline Lake, and lands surrounding these bodies of ...more ↓

Acute-lined Flower Moth

The Angled Gem or Acute-Lined Flower Moth (Schinia acutilinea) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the dry southern portions of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, south across the plains and Great Basin to southern Arizona and California.

Arcigera Flower Moth

The Arcigera Flower Moth (Schinia arcigera) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Arizona and Idaho, north to Saskatchewan.

Schinia ciliata

Schinia ciliata is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern California east to Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, western Kansas and Oklahoma, and scattered throughout Texas.

Slender Flower Moth

The Slender Flower Moth or Iva Flower Moth (Schinia gracilenta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New York to Florida and Nebraska to Arizona.

Hulst's Flower Moth

Hulst's Flower Moth (Schinia hulstia) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found on the Great Plains from North Dakota to Texas, in the south ranging eastward to Arkansas and westward to California.

Schinia obliqua

Schinia obliqua is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America including California and Colorado.

Schinia tertia

Schinia tertia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the western parts of the United States from Minnesota and Illinois to Texas, west to California, north to Idaho.

Mountain-Mahogany Moth

The Mountain-mahogany Moth (Ethmia discostrigella) is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found from the western United States, south into Mexico.

Gray Ethmia Moth

The gray ethmia moth (Ethmia monticola) is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It is found in North America from British Columbia and Alberta to California and Arizona, east at least to North Dakota and Colorado.

Ethmia marmorea

Ethmia marmorea is a moth in the Ethmiidae family. It is found in the lower parts of the Great Basin mountain ranges and the Rocky Mountains from south-eastern British Columbia and the eastern parts of the Pacific states to northern and central Colorado and central Chihuahua.

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