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: 416 genus: Embola species: powelli sex: F location: Whittier county: Los Angeles collector: P.H. Timberlake coll_date: Dec 12 10 specimen_l... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14560 genus: Lithariapteryx species: jubarella sex: location: 3 km NW Valyrmo county: Los Angeles collector: J. Powell coll_date: May 1 68... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14561 genus: Lithariapteryx species: mirabilinella sex: location: 3 km NW Valyrmo county: Los Angeles collector: J. Powell coll_date: May ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14559 genus: Lithariapteryx species: abroniaeella sex: location: El Segundo county: Los Angeles collector: W.D.Pierce coll_date: Aug 20 38... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14556 genus: Lamprolophus species: lithella sex: location: Huntington Park county: Los Angeles collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Jul 29 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 417 genus: Neoheliodines species: vernius sex: F location: 2 mi N Valyermo county: Los Angeles collector: P.A. Opler coll_date: Mar 1 68 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14557 genus: Aetole species: extraneella sex: location: Lovejoy Buttes county: Los Angeles collector: J.A. Comstock coll_date: Apr 20 41 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2752 genus: Aetole species: unipunctella sex: M location: Los Angeles county: Los Angeles collector: coll_date: specimen_loc: URL: https... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 415 genus: Aetole species: bella sex: F location: Pasadena county: Los Angeles collector: J.E. Graf coll_date: specimen_loc: NMNH URL: htt... More