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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.

Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth 1
Spoladea recurvalis
Fractured Western Snout 2
Diastictis fracturalis
White-spotted Brown 3
Diastictis ventralis
Four-spotted Palpita Moth 4
Palpita quadristigmalis
Sesame Leafroller 5
Antigastra catalaunalis
Lucerne Moth 6
Nomophila nearctica
Celery Leaftier Moth 7
Udea rubigalis
Dogbane Saucrobotys Moth 8
Saucrobotys futilalis
Alfalfa Webworm Moth 9
Loxostege cereralis
Beet Webworm Moth 10
Loxostege sticticalis
Hahncappsia pergilvalis 11
Raspberry Pyrausta Moth 12
Pyrausta signatalis
Volupial Mint Moth 13
Pyrausta volupialis
Orange Mint Moth 14
Pyrausta orphisalis
Topiary Grass-veneer 15
Chrysoteuchia topiarius
Vagabond Sod Webworm Moth 15
Agriphila vulgivagellus
Sod Webworm Moth 16
Pediasia trisecta
Leach's Grass-veneer 17
Crambus leachellus
Common Grass-veneer 18
Crambus praefectellus
Belted Grass-veneer 19
Euchromius ocellea
Curve-lined Argyria Moth 15
Argyria auratella
Sooty-winged Chalcoela Moth 20
Chalcoela iphitalis

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