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: 17641 genus: Eumorpha species: achemon sex: location: Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Shepard coll_date: Jun 11 72 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17643 genus: Proserpinus species: clarkiae sex: location: Brandscomb, by St Park county: Mendocino collector: R.L.Langston,D.Parkinson col... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17642 genus: Arctonotus species: lucidus sex: location: Angelo Reservoir county: Mendocino collector: G. Kareofelas coll_date: Feb 14 99 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17644 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: location: Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Shepard coll_date: Jun 14 72 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17640 genus: Hemaris species: diffinis sex: location: Eel R ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Shepard coll_date: Jun 14 72 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17636 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: location: 5 mi N Branscomb county: Mendocino collector: Powell. Middlekauf coll_date: May 24 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17635 genus: Sphinx species: chersis sex: location: Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Shepard coll_date: Jun 11 72 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17637 genus: Sphinx species: drupiferarum sex: location: Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Shepard coll_date: Jun 11 72 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17638 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: Eel R Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Shepard coll_date: Jun 13 72 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 17639 genus: Paonias species: excaecata sex: location: 2 mi S Eel Riv Ranger Sta county: Mendocino collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jun 15 ... More