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: 27602 genus: Tolype species: distincta sex: location: San Diego Cyn county: San Diego collector: not given coll_date: Sep 2 62 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 4317 genus: Tolype species: lowriei sex: M location: Silverwood Sanct. county: San Diego collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Sep 18 91 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 1219 genus: Gloveria species: arizonensis sex: F location: Borrego Spring county: San Diego collector: E. Borling coll_date: Sep 3 65 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 1218 genus: Gloveria species: gargamelle sex: F location: La Mesa county: San Diego collector: F.X. Williams coll_date: Sep 21 09 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 1217 genus: Gloveria species: medusa sex: F location: Pala/Rainbow county: San Diego collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Sep 30 84 specime... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27604 genus: Phyllodesma species: americana californica sex: location: Spring Valley county: San Diego collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 27606 genus: Malacosoma species: californica californica sex: location: San Diego (Dawson Ave) county: San Diego collector: R.L.Langston c... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 1220 genus: Malacosoma species: constricta austrina sex: F location: 1/4 mi W San Ysbal county: San Diego collector: F.W.Stehr coll_date: e... More