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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.

Meal moth 1
Pyralis farinalis
Pink-fringed Dolichomia Moth 2
Hypsopygia binodulalis
Clover Hayworm Moth 3
Hypsopygia costalis
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth 4
Hypsopygia olinalis
Large Tabby 5
Aglossa pinguinalis
Ponderosa Pine Coneworm Moth 6
Dioryctria auranticella
Dusky Raisin Moth 7
Ephestiodes gilvescentella
Boxwood Leaftier Moth 8
Galasa nigrinodis
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 9
Spoladea recurvalis
Fractured Western Snout 10
Diastictis fracturalis
White-spotted Brown 11
Diastictis ventralis
Four-spotted Palpita Moth 12
Palpita quadristigmalis
Sesame Leafroller 13
Antigastra catalaunalis
Lucerne Moth 14
Nomophila nearctica
Celery Leaftier Moth 2
Udea rubigalis
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth 15
Saucrobotys futilalis
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 16
Loxostege cereralis
Beet Webworm Moth 17
Loxostege sticticalis
Hahncappsia pergilvalis 18
Raspberry Pyrausta Moth 19
Pyrausta signatalis
Volupial Mint Moth 20
Pyrausta volupialis
Orange Mint Moth 21
Pyrausta orphisalis
Topiary Grass-veneer 22
Chrysoteuchia topiarius
Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth 22
Agriphila vulgivagellus
Sod Webworm Moth 23
Pediasia trisecta
Leach's Grass-veneer 24
Crambus leachellus
Common Grass-veneer 25
Crambus praefectellus
Belted Grass-veneer 7
Euchromius ocellea
Curve-lined Argyria Moth 22
Argyria auratella
Sooty-winged Chalcoela Moth 8
Chalcoela iphitalis

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