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: 2697 genus: Acrolophus species: variabilis sex: M location: Mint Cyn county: Los Angeles collector: Simonds coll_date: May 31 57 specimen_l... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14324 genus: Acrolophus species: kearfotti sex: location: Mt Washington District county: Los Angeles collector: J.P. Donahue coll_date: Au... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14326 genus: Acrolophus species: pyramellus sex: location: Hungry Valley 4 mi S Gorman county: Los Angeles collector: J. Powell coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14323 genus: Amydria species: obliquella sex: location: El Segundo Dunes county: Los Angeles collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Jun 14 8... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2694 genus: Amydria species: curvistrigella sex: M location: Glendora, mouth of Dalton Cyn county: Los Angeles collector: R.J. Ford coll_da... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2692 genus: Amydria species: californica sex: M location: Topanga county: Los Angeles collector: H. Notman coll_date: Apr 19 56 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14322 genus: Amydria species: confusella sex: location: Gardena county: Los Angeles collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: May of 1958-1971 ... More