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: 4253 genus: Embola species: powelli sex: M location: 1 miE Cardiff county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: Mar 24 74 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27083 genus: Lithariapteryx species: jubarella sex: location: Cabezas county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: Mar 28 61 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27082 genus: Lithariapteryx species: abroniaeella sex: location: Borrego county: San DIego collector: P.D.Hurd coll_date: Apr 2 53 specime... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 4254 genus: Neoheliodines species: vernius sex: M location: 2 mi N Lakeside county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: Mar 13 63 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27081 genus: Aetole species: extraneella sex: location: Borrego Springs county: San Diego collector: V. Albu coll_date: Mar 27 2009 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 1180 genus: Aetole species: favonia sex: F location: 4 mi SE Scissors Crossing county: San Diego collector: Y.F. Hsu coll_date: Mar 25 92 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 4252 genus: Aetole species: bella sex: M location: Coronado county: San Diego collector: F.E. Blaisdell coll_date: Dec 1 1890 specimen_loc:... More