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 ↓
Fall Webworm Moth
The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, is a moth in the family Arctiidae known principally for its larval stage, which creates the characteristic webbed nests on the tree limbs of a wide variety of hardwoods in the late summer and fall. It is mainly an aesthetic pest, and is not believed to harm otherwise healthy trees. It is well known to commercial tree services and ...more ↓
California Tiger Moth
Leptarctia californiae is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1855. It is found in western North America, from New Mexico and Colorado to California and north to British Columbia. The habitat consists of open forests, meadows and clearings in the mountains.
Isabella Tiger Moth
The Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) can be found in many cold regions, including the Arctic. The banded Woolly Bear larva emerges from the egg in the fall and overwinters in its caterpillar form, when it literally freezes solid. First its heart stops beating, then its gut freezes, then its blood, followed by the rest of the body. It survives being frozen by ...more ↓
Virginian Tiger Moth
Spilosoma virginica is a species of moth in the Arctiinae subfamily. As a caterpillar, it is known as the Yellow woolly bear or Yellow bear caterpillar. As an adult, it is known as the Virginia tiger moth.
Many-spotted Tiger Moth
The Many-Spotted Tiger Moth (Hypercompe permaculata) is a tiger moth of the Arctiidae family and one of more than 80 species of Hypercompe. It is native to the western United States and parts of northern Mexico.
Arachnis citra
Arachnis citra is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Neumögen and Dyar in 1893. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California, Colorado and Utah.
Williams' Tiger Moth
Grammia williamsii, Williams' tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Dodge in 1871. It is found from the Northwest Territories east to the northern Great Lakes region, New Brunswick and New England. It also occurs throughout the northern Great Plains, south at higher elevations to Arizona and New Mexico, west to south-eastern British Columbia ...more ↓
Wood Tiger
The Wood Tiger (Parasemia plantaginis) is a moth of the family Arctiidae. Several subspecies are found in the Holarctic ecozone south to Anatolia, Transcaucasus, northern Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea and Japan. One subspecies is endemic to North America.
Garden Tiger
The garden tiger moth or great tiger moth (Arctia caja) is a moth of the family Erebidae.
Fragile Virbia
Virbia fragilis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Strecker in 1878. It is found in open fields in the Black Hills in South Dakota and in Boulder, Colorado. The range extends north to Alberta and British Columbia and south to New Mexico.
Police Car Moth
The Police-Car Moth or Green Lattice (Gnophaela vermiculata) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in the western parts of the United States and south-western Canada, from British Columbia to California, east to New Mexico and north to Manitoba.
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
The Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis) is a species of the Arctiidae family.
Oregon Cycnia Moth
Cycnia oregonensis is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It is found in most of North America, from coast to coast and from the border with Mexico north to central Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.
Delicate Cycnia Moth
Cycnia tenera, the dogbane tiger moth or delicate cycnia, is a moth in the family Arctiidae. It occurs throughout North America, from southern British Columbia to Nova Scotia southwards to Arizona and Florida.
freckled glassy-wing
Pseudohemihyalea labecula, the Freckled Glassy-wing, is a moth in the Arctiidae family. It was described by Grote in 1881. It is found in southern Nevada, Utah, from Colorado to Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas.
Clio Tiger Moth
Ectypia bivittata, the Clio Moth or Clio Tiger Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Clemens in 1861. It is found in California and from south-western to western Nebraska and Texas. It is also found in Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and Colorado. The habitat consists of lowland areas, where it is found along creeks and rivers and in agricultural ...more ↓
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth
The Silverspotted Tiger Moth (Lophocampa argentata) is a species of moth in the family Arctiidae. Larvae of this moth utilize numerous host plants in western North America, notably including the Douglas-fir.
Spotted Tussock Moth
The Spotted Tussock Moth, Mottled Tiger or Spotted Halisidota (Lophocampa maculata) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found across southern Canada, the western parts of the United States, south in Appalachians to South Carolina and Kentucky.
Crambidia impura
Crambidia impura is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Barnes and McDunnough in 1913. There are two disjunct populations. It has been recorded from southern Rocky Mountain states, the Yukon and northern British Columbia and Alberta. The habitat consists of stabilized sand dunes dominated by open jack pine forests.
Hypoprepia inculta
Hypoprepia inculta is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by H. Edwards in 1882. It is found in the Rocky Mountain states from the Mexico border north to southern Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota. The habitat consists of bunchgrass steppe.
Grote's Lycomorpha moth
Lycomorpha grotei, Grote's Lycomorpha Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Packard in 1864. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming.
Lycomorpha splendens
Lycomorpha splendens is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Barnes and McDunnough in 1912. It is found in North America, including Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah.
Barnes' Lichen Moth
Cisthene barnesii is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Dyar in 1904. It is found in the Rocky Mountain region, from southern Montana and western North Dakota to the border with Mexico in Arizona and New Mexico. The habitat consists of dry bunchgrass steppe.
Powdered Footman
Bruceia pulverina is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Neumögen in 1893. It is found from southern British Columbia and north-western Idaho, south through the Rocky Mountain states to the Mexico border and from southern Arizona to western Texas.
Gray Furcula Moth
The Gray Furcula Moth (Furcula cinerea) is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in the United States, southern Canada and the Northwest Territories.
Common Gluphisia Moth
The Dusky Marbled Brown (Gluphisia crenata) is a moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in Europe, east over parts of Russia and China up to Japan. It is also found in North America, where it was traditionally treated as a separate species, Gluphisia septentrionis.
White-dotted Prominent
The Rough Prominent (Nadata gibbosa) is a moth of the family Notodontidae, possibly in the subfamily Notodontidae. It is also known as the White-dotted Prominent and the Tawny Prominent. This common moth is found across North America from the northern boreal forests to as far south as Florida. It is most common in deciduous forests at some elevation. It is ...more ↓
Unicorn Prominent
The Unicorn Caterpillar Moth, Unicorn Prominent or Variegated Prominent (Schizura unicornis) is a species of moth of the Notodontidae family. It is found in all of North America, except the arctic north.
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.
