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 ↓

Gray Furcula Moth ¹
Furcula cinerea

Zigzag Furcula Moth ²
Furcula scolopendrina

Common Gluphisia Moth ³
Gluphisia septentrionis

Spotted Datana Moth ⁴
Datana perspicua

White-dotted Prominent ⁵
Nadata gibbosa

Unicorn Prominent ⁶
Schizura unicornis

Oligocentria alpica ⁷

Pink Prominent ⁸
Hyparpax aurora

Powdery gray prominent ⁹
Heterocampa lunata

Bruce's Chocolate-tip Moth ¹⁰
Clostera brucei

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Butterflies / Moths of Highline Lake State Park

Gray Furcula Moth 1 Furcula cinerea

Zigzag Furcula Moth 2 Furcula scolopendrina

Common Gluphisia Moth 3 Gluphisia septentrionis

Spotted Datana Moth 4 Datana perspicua

White-dotted Prominent 5 Nadata gibbosa

Unicorn Prominent 6 Schizura unicornis

Oligocentria alpica 7

Pink Prominent 8 Hyparpax aurora

Powdery gray prominent 9 Heterocampa lunata

Bruce's Chocolate-tip Moth 10 Clostera brucei