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
Horisme intestinata, the brown bark carpet moth, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is widespread throughout most of temperate North America. The habitat consists of wooded areas.
Gem Moth
The Gem (Orthonama obstipata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species of Continental Europe and adjacent lands, though in the northeast, its range does not significantly extend beyond the Baltic region and it is absent from northern Russia. This well-flying species is somewhat prone to vagrancy and able to cross considerable distances of open sea; it ...more ↓
Bent-line Carpet Moth
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria, the traveller or bent-line carpet, is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is native to most of North America, except the Arctic. It is an introduced species in Great Britain, the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.
Barberry Geometer Moth
Coryphista meadii, the barberry geometer moth or barberry looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in the United States and southern Canada.
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.
Blackberry Looper Moth
Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria, the blackberry looper, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Nova Scotia to Florida, west in Canada to Manitoba, west in the United States to the Rocky Mountains, and south into Mexico.
Wavy-lined Emerald
Synchlora aerata, the wavy-lined emerald moth or camouflaged looper, is a species of moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in most of North America.
Soft-lined Wave
Scopula inductata (soft-lined wave) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Guenée in 1857. It is found in North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, from Newfoundland to the coast of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories, south to Alabama and at least Utah.
Large Lace-border Moth
Scopula limboundata, the large lace-border, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Haworth in 1809. It is found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. There is a single and unconfirmed record from Great Britain.
Speckled Wave
Lobocleta peralbata is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona to Florida, north to North Carolina.
Red-bordered Wave
Idaea demissaria, the red-bordered wave moth, is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Idaea gemmata
Idaea gemmata is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Idaea occidentaria
Idaea occidentaria is a species of geometrid moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in North America.
Chickweed Geometer Moth
Haematopis grataria, the chickweed geometer, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found throughout the United States. In Canada it is found from Quebec to Alberta, north to the Northwest Territories.
Dwarf Tawny Wave
Cyclophora nanaria, the dwarf tawny wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from California to Texas and from New Jersey to Florida west along the Gulf coast. The range extends south through Dominica and Jamaica to Argentina. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Infant Moth
The Infant (Archiearis infans) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Alaska to Newfoundland and the northern United States, south in the east to New Jersey, south in the west to California.
