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: 26962 genus: Agonopterix species: sabulella sex: location: San Diego county: San Diego collector: types of callosella coll_date: specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26972 genus: Antaeotricha species: manzanitae sex: location: Hauser Wilderness Area county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: late... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26973 genus: Rectiostoma species: fernaldella sex: location: Descanso Ranger Sta county: San Diego collector: P.A. Opler coll_date: Feb 15... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26976 genus: Hofmannophila species: pseudospretella sex: location: Mt Palomar county: San Diego collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: May 2... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26974 genus: Decantha species: stonda sex: location: Mt Palomar county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jul 18 63 specimen_loc: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 1170 genus: Inga species: concolorella sex: F location: San Diego county: San Diego collector: not listed coll_date: Jun 24-30 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26977 genus: Endrosis species: sarcitrella sex: location: La Jolla county: San Diego collector: coll_date: Jun 18 63 specimen_loc: UCB UR... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26975 genus: Borkhausenia species: nefrax sex: location: La Jolla county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jun 18 63 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 26978 genus: Pleurota species: albastrigulella sex: location: Del Mar county: San Diego collector: J.A. Comstock coll_date: May 14 45 spec... More