Compiled from Kelly Richers' California Moth Specimen Database. Kelly has been compiling the database since 1996 from literature sources, museum collections, and (I believe) novel collections. These lists are probably not comprehensive (if such a thing is possible for such a diverse group of organisms), but given Kelly's dedication and the degree of sampling in the state, it's probably pretty close at the state and regional level, and approaching that degree at the county level, and thus I have marked them as comprehensive on iNat. All errors are my own, and if you find any, please let me know.
Notes On Missing Names
Many of the names in the CMSD have not bee included in the iNat lists I've created. I have tried to import every name from the Catalogue of Life, BugGuide, and uBio, so any names that are still missing are not present in those sources. I have also tried to manually check the remainder against http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species_list.php, I've tried to manually add any taxa that have a species page on MPG, and I've checked for simple misspellings of the kind the Google can catch. For the remainder, here are some of the reasons the names are missing:
A full listing of all the names I was not able to import can be found here.
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12363 genus: Alcathoe species: verrugo sex: location: Fort Tejon SHP county: Kern collector: Nagano, Sakai coll_date: Sep 4 88 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12361 genus: Synanthedon species: novaroensis sex: location: Tehachapi Mtn county: Kern collector: Powell, DeBenedictis coll_date: Jun 19 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12359 genus: Synanthedon species: polygoni sex: location: Mt Pinos county: Kern collector: L.Martin coll_date: Jun 12 60 specimen_loc: LAC... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12360 genus: Synanthedon species: resplendens sex: location: Mt Pinos county: Kern collector: R.H.Leuschner coll_date: `Aug 2 81 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2444 genus: Penstemonia species: clarkei sex: M location: Toad Springs, 5 mi W Pine Hill county: Kern collector: Andrews & Eichlin coll... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2445 genus: Penstemonia species: dammersi fm brevifolia sex: M location: Greenhorn Mtns county: Kern collector: C. Henne coll_date: Aug 12 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12362 genus: Penstemonia species: hennei sex: location: Mt Pinos county: Kern collector: coll_date: in Aug specimen_loc: CDFA URL: https:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12358 genus: Sesia species: tibiale sex: location: Kernville county: Kern collector: V. Albu coll_date: May 16-19 2006 specimen_loc: VXA U... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 12357 genus: Paranthrene species: robiniae sex: location: Buttonwillow county: Kern collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jun 25 55 specimen_loc... More