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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.

Maple Spanworm Moth 1
Ennomos magnaria
Macaria adonis 2
Black-banded Orange Moth 3
Epelis truncataria
Curve-lined Angle 4
Digrammia continuata
Pale-lined Angle 5
Digrammia irrorata
Dark-bordered Granite 6
Digrammia neptaria
Vermilion Granite Moth 7
Digrammia subminiata
Brown-bordered Geometer Moth 8
Eumacaria madopata
White Spring Moth 9
Lomographa vestaliata
Pale Metanema Moth 10
Metanema inatomaria
White Slant-line 11
Tetracis cachexiata
Western Conifer Looper 12
Caripeta aequaliaria
Meris alticola 13
Melemaea magdalena 14
Common Gray 15
Anavitrinella pampinaria
Half-wing Moth 16
Phigalia titea
Johnson's Euchlaena Moth 17
Euchlaena johnsonaria
Horned Spanworm Moth 12
Nematocampa resistaria

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

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