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: 14585 genus: Psychonoctua species: gilensis sex: location: Black Butte, Antelope Valley county: Los Angeles collector: G. Sphon coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2757 genus: Prionoxystus species: robiniae mixtus sex: M location: Mint Cyn county: Los Angeles collector: R.H.. Reid coll_date: Apr 14 51 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14584 genus: Miacora species: perplexa sex: location: Valyermo county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Aug 3 61 specimen_loc: L... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2756 genus: Acossus species: populi orc sex: M location: Glendale county: Los Angeles collector: not given coll_date: May 10 25 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14579 genus: Comadia species: henrici sex: location: Bob's Gap county: Los Angeles collector: R.Leuschner coll_date: May 28 89 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14581 genus: Comadia species: intrusa sex: location: El Segundo Dunes county: Los Angeles collector: Hawks, Leuschner coll_date: Jun 14 88... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14580 genus: Comadia species: suaedivora sex: location: Buckhorn Camp county: Los Angeles collector: F.P. Sala coll_date: Jun 17 58 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14582 genus: Comadia species: arenae sex: location: Buckhorn Flats, San Gab. Mtns county: Los Angeles collector: Claude I.Smith coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14577 genus: Givira species: marga sex: location: 5 mi N Beverly Hills county: Los Angeles collector: N. McFarland coll_date: Aug 2 54 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14578 genus: Givira species: cleopatra sex: location: 2.5 mi SSW Valyermo county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Jul 1 61 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14576 genus: Givira species: ethela sex: location: Juniper Hills county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Jul 17 74 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14575 genus: Hypopta species: palmata sex: location: Juniper Hills county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Aug 23 65 specimen_l... More