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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.

Four-spotted Moth 1
Tyta luctuosa
Montana Six-plume Moth 2
Alucita montana
Brown Bark Carpet Moth 3
Horisme intestinata
Gem Moth 4
Orthonama obstipata
Bent-line Carpet Moth 5
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
Barberry Geometer Moth 6
Coryphista meadii
Epirrhoe plebeculata 7
Maple Spanworm Moth 8
Ennomos magnaria
Macaria adonis 9
Black-banded Orange Moth 10
Epelis truncataria
Curve-lined Angle 11
Digrammia continuata
Pale-lined Angle 12
Digrammia irrorata
Dark-bordered Granite 13
Digrammia neptaria
Vermilion Granite Moth 14
Digrammia subminiata
Brown-bordered Geometer Moth 15
Eumacaria madopata
White Spring Moth 16
Lomographa vestaliata
Pale Metanema Moth 17
Metanema inatomaria
White Slant-line 3
Tetracis cachexiata
Western Conifer Looper 18
Caripeta aequaliaria
Meris alticola 19
Melemaea magdalena 20
Common Gray 21
Anavitrinella pampinaria
Half-wing Moth 22
Phigalia titea
Johnson's Euchlaena Moth 23
Euchlaena johnsonaria
Horned Spanworm Moth 18
Nematocampa resistaria
Blackberry Looper Moth 24
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Wavy-lined Emerald 25
Synchlora aerata
Soft-lined Wave 8
Scopula inductata
Large Lace-border Moth 26
Scopula limboundata
Speckled Wave 22
Lobocleta peralbata
Red-bordered Wave 27
Idaea demissaria
Idaea gemmata 28
Idaea occidentaria 29
Chickweed Geometer Moth 30
Haematopis grataria
Dwarf Tawny Wave 30
Cyclophora nanaria
Infant Moth 31
Archiearis infans
Meal moth 32
Pyralis farinalis
Pink-fringed Dolichomia Moth 33
Hypsopygia binodulalis
Clover Hayworm Moth 34
Hypsopygia costalis
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth 35
Hypsopygia olinalis
Large Tabby 36
Aglossa pinguinalis
Ponderosa Pine Coneworm Moth 37
Dioryctria auranticella
Dusky Raisin Moth 38
Ephestiodes gilvescentella
Boxwood Leaftier Moth 11
Galasa nigrinodis
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 1
Spoladea recurvalis
Fractured Western Snout 39
Diastictis fracturalis
White-spotted Brown 23
Diastictis ventralis
Four-spotted Palpita Moth 40
Palpita quadristigmalis
Sesame Leafroller 41
Antigastra catalaunalis
Lucerne Moth 42
Nomophila nearctica
Celery Leaftier Moth 33
Udea rubigalis
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth 43
Saucrobotys futilalis
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 2
Loxostege cereralis
Beet Webworm Moth 44
Loxostege sticticalis
Hahncappsia pergilvalis 19
Raspberry Pyrausta Moth 21
Pyrausta signatalis
Volupial Mint Moth 9
Pyrausta volupialis
Orange Mint Moth 45
Pyrausta orphisalis
Topiary Grass-veneer 46
Chrysoteuchia topiarius
Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth 46
Agriphila vulgivagellus
Sod Webworm Moth 47
Pediasia trisecta
Leach's Grass-veneer 48
Crambus leachellus
Common Grass-veneer 49
Crambus praefectellus
Belted Grass-veneer 38
Euchromius ocellea
Curve-lined Argyria Moth 46
Argyria auratella
Sooty-winged Chalcoela Moth 11
Chalcoela iphitalis
Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer 50
Harrisina metallica
Diamondback Moth 51
Plutella xylostella
Canary Ypsolopha Moth 12
Ypsolopha canariella
Aetole bella 52
Gerdana caritella 46
Taygete decemmaculella 53
Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth 47
Oegoconia novimundi
Poison Hemlock Moth 32
Agonopterix alstroemeriana
Ethmia albistrigella 54
Mountain-mahogany Moth 55
Ethmia discostrigella
Ethmia semitenebrella 56
Gray Ethmia Moth 57
Ethmia monticola
Ethmia marmorea 55
Ethmia mirusella 55
Chionodes abella 53
Battaristis concinnusella 58
Brymblia quadrimaculella 55
Decantha stonda 9
American Lappet Moth 18
Phyllodesma americana
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth 59
Malacosoma americana
Western Tent Caterpillar 2
Malacosoma californica
Southwestern Tent Caterpillar Moth 60
Malacosoma incurvum
Sonoran Tent Caterpillar 56
Malacosoma tigris
Aspen Serpentine Leafminer Moth 61
Phyllocnistis populiella
Glorious Habrosyne Moth 62
Habrosyne gloriosa
Lettered Habrosyne Moth 18
Habrosyne scripta

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