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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.

Brown Bark Carpet Moth 1
Horisme intestinata
Gem Moth 2
Orthonama obstipata
Bent-line Carpet Moth 3
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria
Barberry Geometer Moth 4
Coryphista meadii
Epirrhoe plebeculata 5
Maple Spanworm Moth 6
Ennomos magnaria
Macaria adonis 7
Black-banded Orange Moth 8
Epelis truncataria
Curve-lined Angle 9
Digrammia continuata
Pale-lined Angle 10
Digrammia irrorata
Dark-bordered Granite 11
Digrammia neptaria
Vermilion Granite Moth 12
Digrammia subminiata
Brown-bordered Geometer Moth 13
Eumacaria madopata
White Spring Moth 14
Lomographa vestaliata
Pale Metanema Moth 15
Metanema inatomaria
White Slant-line 1
Tetracis cachexiata
Western Conifer Looper 16
Caripeta aequaliaria
Meris alticola 17
Melemaea magdalena 18
Common Gray 19
Anavitrinella pampinaria
Half-wing Moth 20
Phigalia titea
Johnson's Euchlaena Moth 21
Euchlaena johnsonaria
Horned Spanworm Moth 16
Nematocampa resistaria
Blackberry Looper Moth 22
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria
Wavy-lined Emerald 23
Synchlora aerata
Soft-lined Wave 6
Scopula inductata
Large Lace-border Moth 24
Scopula limboundata
Speckled Wave 20
Lobocleta peralbata
Red-bordered Wave 25
Idaea demissaria
Idaea gemmata 26
Idaea occidentaria 27
Chickweed Geometer Moth 28
Haematopis grataria
Dwarf Tawny Wave 28
Cyclophora nanaria
Infant Moth 29
Archiearis infans

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