Colorado Counties

This distribution chart is a compilation of information from Paul Opler's Moths of North America Website, the Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary, Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2003 and personal communication with many residents of Colorado. See comments below the map.

Actual ranges may, in many cases, be more expansive than noted.

Clicking on a scientific name will take you to a file with pictures and/or information.

@ Anisota oslari
@ Sphingicampa bicolor

^ Automeris io
# Coloradia doris
# Coloradia luski
# Coloradia pandora
O Hemileuca annulata
O Hemileuca grotei diana
O Hemileuca hera hera
O Hemileuca hera magnifica
O Hemileuca neumoegeni
O Hemileuca nevadensis
O Hemileuca nuttalli
O Hemileuca oliviae

X Hyalophora cecropia
X Hyalophora columbia gloveri

+ Agapema homogena
+ Antheraea polyphemus

Dona Hilkey reports H. gloveri from Rio Blanco County.

Russell Witkop reports, "6/12 H. gloveri at 7500' fresh hatched in Northwest Colorado (Moffat County), and one A. Polyphemus."

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