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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.

Salt Marsh Moth 1
Estigmene acrea
Fall Webworm Moth 2
Hyphantria cunea
Ruby Tiger Moth 3
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
California Tiger Moth 4
Leptarctia californiae
Isabella Tiger Moth 5
Pyrrharctia isabella
Virginian Tiger Moth 6
Spilosoma virginica
Many-spotted Tiger Moth 7
Hypercompe permaculata
Painted Tiger Moth 8
Arachnis picta
Blake's tiger moth 9
Apantesis blakei
Carlotta's Tiger Moth 9
Apantesis carlotta
Apantesis f-pallida 10
Nevada tiger moth 11
Apantesis nevadensis
Parthenice Tiger Moth 12
Apantesis parthenice
Phyllira Tiger Moth 9
Apantesis phyllira
Williams' Tiger Moth 7
Apantesis williamsii
Garden Tiger 13
Arctia caja
St. Lawrence Tiger Moth 14
Arctia parthenos
Orange Virbia Moth 15
Virbia aurantiaca
Fragile Virbia 16
Virbia fragilis
Police Car Moth 17
Gnophaela vermiculata
Yellow-collared Scape Moth 18
Cisseps fulvicollis
Cresson's ctenucha 19
Ctenucha cressonana
Veined Ctenucha Moth 20
Ctenucha venosa
Oregon Cycnia Moth 9
Cycnia oregonensis
Freckled glassy-wing 21
Hemihyalea labecula
Red-banded aemilia 7
Pseudohemihyalea ambigua
Grote's bertholdia 22
Bertholdia trigona
Clio Tiger Moth 23
Ectypia clio
Blue-green lichen moth 24
Pygoctenucha terminalis
Ingens Tussock Moth 7
Lophocampa ingens
Spotted Tussock Moth 6
Lophocampa maculata
Lophocampa significans 25
Milkweed Tussock Moth 26
Euchaetes egle
Crambidia impura 27
Bicolored Moth 28
Manulea bicolor
Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth 29
Hypoprepia miniata
Grote's lycomorpha moth 9
Lycomorpha grotei
Black-and-yellow Lichen Moth 29
Lycomorpha pholus
Barnes' Lichen Moth 30
Cisthene barnesii
Powdered Footman 19
Bruceia pulverina

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