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: 4422 genus: Alcathoe species: verrugo sex: M location: 7.2 mi E Morro Bay county: San Luis Obispo collector: K. RIchers coll_date: Jun 22 -... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 28774 genus: Synanthedon species: exitiosa sex: location: 5 mi S San Luis Obispo county: San Luis Obispo collector: J B. Vernon coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 28772 genus: Synanthedon species: bibionipennis sex: location: Oso Flaco L county: San Luis Obispo collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jul 4 6... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 28773 genus: Synanthedon species: polygoni sex: location: Oso Flaco L county: San Luis Obispo collector: J.R. Russell coll_date: Jul 13 59... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 28775 genus: Penstemonia species: clarkei sex: location: 7.2 mi E Morro Bay county: San Luis Obispo collector: K. Richers coll_date: May 1... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 28771 genus: Sesia species: tibiale sex: location: 5 mi S San Luis Obispo county: San Luis Obispo collector: J.B. Vernon coll_date: Jul 3 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 28770 genus: Paranthrene species: robiniae sex: location: Paso Robles county: San Luis Obispo collector: V.X. Albu coll_date: Sep 21 2014 ... More