Geometridae

  • Monday Moth

    ByChris Grinter

    To reignite the Monday Moth series here is a stunner: Melemaea magdalena (Geometridae).   This rare beauty has previously only been known from scattered localities across the mountain west and only from a few individuals every other season. That is until Denver Museum volunteer Barbara Bartell began inventorying moths on her property near Golden Gate Canyon…

  • Monday Moth

    ByChris Grinter

    This Monday’s moth is a spectacular species from the mountains of Arizona – Chiricahua multidentata, a Geometrid.  The only known location for this species is at the very top of the Chiricahua mountains above 9,000 feet (which was just bruned to a crisp).  Hopefully the fire was not entirely devastating and the population will rebound in the…