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: 27631 genus: Furcula species: cinerea sex: location: Hauser Wilderness Area county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: late Mar 200... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27632 genus: Furcula species: scolopendrina sex: location: Boulder Oak Cmpgrnd county: San Diego collector: D. Rubinoff coll_date: Aug 9 9... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27630 genus: Gluphisia species: wrightii sex: location: 6 mi E Banner county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jul 13 69 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27633 genus: Litodonta species: wymola sex: location: Borrego county: San Diego collector: G. & J. Sperry coll_date: May 4 44 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27634 genus: Ursia species: noctuiformis sex: location: Borrego county: San Diego collector: J. Powell coll_date: May 3 56 specimen_loc: U... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27628 genus: Clostera species: apicalis ornata sex: location: Mt Palomar Observatory Rd county: San Diego collector: N. Bloomfield coll_da... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27635 genus: Phryganidia species: californica sex: location: Mt Palomar Observatory Rd county: San Diego collector: N. Bloomfield coll_dat... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 4321 genus: Symmerista species: zacualpana sex: M location: Tecate Peak county: San Diego collector: B. Reed coll_date: Jul 21 63 specimen_... More