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.

Glorious Habrosyne Moth

Habrosyne gloriosa, the Glorious Habrosyne Moth, is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the northern United States, south in the Rocky Mountains to Arizona. In Canada, it is found in Ontario and Quebec.

Lettered Habrosyne Moth

The Lettered Habrosyne or Scribe (Habrosyne scripta) is a moth of the Drepanidae family. It is found in southern Canada and the northern United States, from Labrador to Vancouver Island, south in the Appalachians, Ozarks and Rocky Mountains to North Carolina and Mississippi and south in the west to Arizona.

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