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.

Gerdana caritella ¹

Taygete decemmaculella ²

Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth ³
Oegoconia novimundi

Poison Hemlock Moth ⁴
Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Ethmia albistrigella ⁵

Mountain-mahogany Moth ⁶
Ethmia discostrigella

Ethmia semitenebrella ⁷

Gray Ethmia Moth ⁸
Ethmia monticola

Ethmia marmorea ⁶

Ethmia mirusella ⁶

Chionodes abella ²

Battaristis concinnusella ⁹

Brymblia quadrimaculella ⁶

Decantha stonda ¹⁰

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Denver-Boulder Metro Area: Butterflies and Moths

Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth 3 Oegoconia novimundi

Poison Hemlock Moth 4 Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mountain-mahogany Moth 6 Ethmia discostrigella

Gray Ethmia Moth 8 Ethmia monticola

Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth ³
Oegoconia novimundi

Poison Hemlock Moth ⁴
Agonopterix alstroemeriana

Mountain-mahogany Moth ⁶
Ethmia discostrigella

Gray Ethmia Moth ⁸
Ethmia monticola