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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.

Brother Moth 1
Raphia frater
Florida Fern Moth 2
Callopistria floridensis
Dingy Cutworm Moth 3
Feltia jaculifera
Variegated Cutworm Moth 4
Peridroma saucia
Ipsilon Dart Moth 5
Agrotis ipsilon
Euxoa bochus 3
Army Cutworm Moth 6
Euxoa auxiliaris
Median-banded Dart 7
Euxoa medialis
White-striped Dart 8
Euxoa albipennis
Obelisk Dart 9
Euxoa obeliscoides
Euxoa basalis 10
Coastal Heathland Cutworm Moth 11
Abagrotis nefascia
Large Yellow Underwing 12
Noctua pronuba
Yellow-striped Armyworm Moth 13
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Civil Rustic Moth 14
Caradrina montana
American Ear Moth 6
Amphipoea americana
Bordered Apamea Moth 15
Apamea sordens
Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth 16
Apamea amputatrix
Glassy Cutworm Moth 3
Apamea devastator
Festive Midget 17
Elaphria festivoides
Bryolymnia semifascia 18
White-Speck 6
Mythimna unipuncta
Lasionycta impingens 19
Laudable Arches 20
Lacinipolia laudabilis
Thinker Moth 21
Lacinipolia meditata
Olive Arches Moth 12
Lacinipolia olivacea
Bristly Cutworm Moth 22
Lacinipolia renigera
Collared Arches Moth 3
Lacinipolia strigicollis
Bronzed Cutworm Moth 23
Nephelodes minians
Small Ranunculus 15
Hecatera dysodea
Wheat Head Armyworm 24
Dargida diffusa
Zebra Caterpillar Moth 22
Melanchra picta
Homoglaea carbonaria 25
Andropolia theodori 26
Narrow-winged Midget Moth 7
Tarache augustipennis
Cabbage Looper Moth 4
Trichoplusia ni
Alfalfa Looper 6
Autographa californica
Celery Looper Moth 27
Anagrapha falcifera
MacCulloch's Forester Moth 28
Androloma maccullochii
Eight-spotted Forester Moth 29
Alypia octomaculata
Ridings' Forester 25
Alypia ridingsii
Cherry Dagger 13
Acronicta hasta
Interrupted Dagger 30
Acronicta interrupta
American Dagger 13
Acronicta americana
Acronicta cyanescens 31
Vulpina Dagger 1
Acronicta vulpina
Yellow-haired Dagger 23
Acronicta impleta
Henry's Marsh Moth 22
Acronicta insularis
Lupine Dagger 18
Acronicta lupini
American Copper Underwing 22
Amphipyra pyramidoides
Asteroid Moth 32
Cucullia asteroides
Cucullia dorsalis 18
Darker-spotted Straw Moth 33
Heliothis phloxiphaga
Paradoxical Grass Moth 10
Heliocheilus paradoxus
Arcigera Flower Moth 34
Schinia arcigera
Chrysellus Flower Moth 35
Schinia chrysellus
Schinia citrinellus 35
Silver-banded Gem Moth 36
Schinia cumatilis
Schinia errans 37
Clouded Crimson Moth 38
Schinia gaurae
Boneset Flower Moth 39
Schinia grandimedia
Hulst's Flower Moth 37
Schinia hulstia
Jaguar Flower Moth 18
Schinia jaguarina
Gaillardia Moth 11
Schinia masoni
Mead's Flower Moth 18
Schinia meadi
Schinia mortua 18
Schinia reniformis 40
Schinia sexplagiata 18
Schinia simplex 18
Schinia snowi 18
Schinia suetus 9
Schinia tertia 41
Golden Aster Flower Moth 18
Schinia tuberculum
Little Dark Gem 18
Schinia villosa
Painted Schinia Moth 35
Schinia volupia
White-spotted Midget 42
Eutricopis nexilis
Corn Earworm Moth 18
Helicoverpa zea
Gilded Seedcropper 40
Basilodes chrysopis
Four-spotted Moth 43
Tyta luctuosa

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