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
Ennomos magnaria, known by the common names maple spanworm moth, notched wing moth, notched-wing geometer, and notch-wing moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from coast to coast in southern Canada and the northern United States, south in the east to Florida and Louisiana and in the west to California.
Macaria adonis
Macaria adonis is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Black-banded Orange Moth
Epelis truncataria, the black-banded orange, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Curve-lined Angle
Digrammia continuata, the curve-lined angle, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Brunswick to Florida, west to California and north to Manitoba.
Pale-lined Angle
Digrammia irrorata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the western United States and south-western Canada (from Oklahoma to California, north to British Columbia and Alberta).
Vermilion Granite Moth
Digrammia subminiata, the vermillion granite or dark-waved angle, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia to Manitoba, south through Colorado to Arizona and California.
Brown-bordered Geometer Moth
Eumacaria is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae. It contains only one species, Eumacaria madopata, the brown-bordered geometer moth, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, northern Washington, southern Saskatchewan, from Maine to Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and New ...more ↓
White Spring Moth
Lomographa vestaliata, the White Spring Moth, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland west to south-eastern British Columbia and south to Florida and Texas. The habitat consists of xeric shrubby edges and woodlands.
Pale Metanema Moth
Metanema inatomaria, the pale metanema or yellow-lined thorn, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from east-central British Columbia and southern Northwest Territories and Yukon, east to Nova Scotia, south to Mississippi, Texas and Arizona.
White Slant-line
The White Slant-line or White Slaut (Tetracis cachexiata) is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to central British Columbia, south to northern Florida and west to Montana and northern Colorado.
Western Conifer Looper
Caripeta aequaliaria, known generally as the red girdle or western conifer looper, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Melemaea magdalena
Melemaea magdalena is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Common Gray
Anavitrinella pampinaria, the common gray, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in most of North America except the arctic regions, south to Mexico.
Half-wing Moth
The Spiny Looper (Phigalia titea) is a species of moth in the Geometridae family. The average wingspan is about 34 mm.
Johnson's Euchlaena Moth
Euchlaena johnsonaria, Johnson's euchlaena moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern coastal British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, south to New Jersey, Missouri and Oregon. The habitat consists of deciduous wooded areas.
Horned Spanworm Moth
Nematocampa resistaria, commonly known as the filament bearer, bordered thorn or horned spanworm moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and California.
