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: 15223 genus: Eumorpha species: achemon sex: location: Juniper Hills 2 mi S Pearblossom county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15226 genus: Euproserpinus species: phaeton sex: location: nr Llano, Mojave Desert county: Los Angeles collector: N.McFarland coll_date: A... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15225 genus: Proserpinus species: clarkiae sex: location: 4244 A. de la Encinal county: Los Angeles collector: P & S Russell coll_date... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15224 genus: Arctonotus species: lucidus sex: location: Newhall county: Los Angeles collector: coll_date: Dec 14 54 specimen_loc: USNM UR... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2832 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: M location: Huntington Park county: Los Angeles collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Apr 30 49 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15222 genus: Hemaris species: diffinis sex: location: North Hollywood county: Los Angeles collector: C.Sekerman coll_date: Jul 9 92 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15219 genus: Erinnyis species: ello sex: location: Juniper Hills county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Jun 6 73 specimen_loc:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15221 genus: Erinnyis species: obscura sex: location: 4244 A. de la Encinal county: Los Angeles collector: P & S Russell coll_date: s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15220 genus: Erinnyis species: crameri sex: location: Alhambra county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Aug 21 31 specimen_loc: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15212 genus: Manduca species: quinquemaculatum sex: location: 4244 A. de la Encinal county: Los Angeles collector: P & S Russell coll_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15211 genus: Manduca species: sexta sex: location: Whittier county: Los Angeles collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Sep 6 59 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2831 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: M location: Newhall county: Los Angeles collector: S.K. Avit coll_date: Apr 22 68 specimen_loc:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15215 genus: Sphinx species: sequoiae (engelhardti) sex: location: Juniper Hills county: Los Angeles collector: Comstock, Henne coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15213 genus: Sphinx species: chersis sex: location: Tanbark Flat county: Los Angeles collector: J.K. Hester coll_date: Jul 16 52 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15210 genus: Agrius species: cingulata sex: location: 4244 A. de la Encinal county: Los Angeles collector: P & S Russell coll_date: s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15216 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: San Fernando county: Los Angeles collector: G.A. Marsh coll_date: Aug 17 68 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15217 genus: Smerinthus species: saliceti sex: location: Whittier county: Los Angeles collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Sep 6 59 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15218 genus: Pachysphinx species: occidentalis sex: location: 10 mi NW Castaic county: Los Angeles collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Aug ... More