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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Butterflies and Moths

This guide contains butterflies and moths that can be found in the Denver-Boulder Metro Area, including Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson Counties.

Bristly Cutworm Moth 1
Lacinipolia renigera
Collared Arches Moth 2
Lacinipolia strigicollis
Bronzed Cutworm Moth 3
Nephelodes minians
Small Ranunculus 4
Hecatera dysodea
Wheat Head Armyworm 5
Dargida diffusa
Zebra Caterpillar Moth 1
Melanchra picta
Homoglaea carbonaria 6
Andropolia theodori 7
Narrow-winged Midget Moth 8
Tarache augustipennis
Cabbage Looper Moth 9
Trichoplusia ni
Alfalfa Looper 10
Autographa californica
Celery Looper Moth 11
Anagrapha falcifera
MacCulloch's Forester Moth 12
Androloma maccullochii
Eight-spotted Forester Moth 13
Alypia octomaculata
Ridings' Forester 6
Alypia ridingsii
Cherry Dagger 14
Acronicta hasta
Interrupted Dagger 15
Acronicta interrupta
American Dagger 14
Acronicta americana
Acronicta cyanescens 16
Vulpina Dagger 17
Acronicta vulpina
Yellow-haired Dagger 3
Acronicta impleta
Henry's Marsh Moth 1
Acronicta insularis
Lupine Dagger 18
Acronicta lupini
American Copper Underwing 1
Amphipyra pyramidoides
Asteroid Moth 19
Cucullia asteroides
Cucullia dorsalis 18
Darker-spotted Straw Moth 20
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Paradoxical Grass Moth 21
Heliocheilus paradoxus
Arcigera Flower Moth 22
Schinia arcigera
Chrysellus Flower Moth 23
Schinia chrysellus
Schinia citrinellus 23
Silver-banded Gem Moth 24
Schinia cumatilis
Schinia errans 25
Clouded Crimson Moth 26
Schinia gaurae
Boneset Flower Moth 27
Schinia grandimedia
Hulst's Flower Moth 25
Schinia hulstia
Jaguar Flower Moth 18
Schinia jaguarina
Gaillardia Moth 28
Schinia masoni
Mead's Flower Moth 18
Schinia meadi
Schinia mortua 18
Schinia reniformis 29
Schinia sexplagiata 18
Schinia simplex 18
Schinia snowi 18
Schinia suetus 30
Schinia tertia 31
Golden Aster Flower Moth 18
Schinia tuberculum
Little Dark Gem 18
Schinia villosa
Painted Schinia Moth 23
Schinia volupia
White-spotted Midget 32
Eutricopis nexilis
Corn Earworm Moth 18
Helicoverpa zea
Gilded Seedcropper 29
Basilodes chrysopis
Four-spotted Moth 33
Tyta luctuosa

Edited by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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  • 1. (c) Mark D. Read, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark D. Read
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  • 17. (c) David Kaposi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Kaposi
  • 18. (c) Jim Vargo at Moth Photographers Group, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 19. (c) Fyn Kynd, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Fyn Kynd
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