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: 14573 genus: Alcathoe species: verrugo sex: location: nr Big Rock county: Los Angeles collector: N. McFarland coll_date: late Jul 60 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14570 genus: Synanthedon species: exitiosa sex: location: Westwood Hills county: Los Angeles collector: B.Marley coll_date: May 15 83 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2755 genus: Synanthedon species: albicornis sex: M location: Pasadena county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: May 3 39 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14565 genus: Synanthedon species: tipuliformis sex: location: Los Feliz at Riverside Dr. county: Los Angeles collector: not on label coll_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14566 genus: Synanthedon species: bibionipennis sex: location: 4244 Avenida de la Encinal, Malibu county: Los Angeles collector: P & S... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14568 genus: Synanthedon species: polygoni sex: location: Mint Cyn county: Los Angeles collector: T.Emmel coll_date: Apr 15 67 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14567 genus: Synanthedon species: chrysidipennis sex: location: Los Angeles county: Los Angeles collector: coll_date: specimen_loc: URL... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14569 genus: Synanthedon species: resplendens sex: location: 5 mi N Berkeley Hills county: Los Angeles collector: N.McFarland coll_date: J... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14571 genus: Penstemonia species: dammersi sex: location: 4244 Avenida de la Encinal, Malibu county: Los Angeles collector: P & S Russ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14572 genus: Penstemonia species: hennei sex: location: Azusa county: Los Angeles collector: C.Henne coll_date: May 24 43 specimen_loc: LA... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2754 genus: Sesia species: tibiale fm pacificum sex: M location: Bouguet Cyn county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: Jun 10 40 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2753 genus: Paranthrene species: robiniae sex: M location: Torrence county: Los Angeles collector: C. Henne coll_date: out Jun 6 39 specime... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14563 genus: Euhagena species: nebraskae fm intensa sex: location: 2.5 mi SSW Valyermo county: Los Angeles collector: coll_date: specime... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14564 genus: Melittia species: gloriosa sex: location: San Clemente Is county: Los Angeles collector: T. Scott coll_date: Jul 24 87 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 14562 genus: Zenodoxus species: sidalceae sex: location: Los Angeles county: Los Angeles collector: F.E. Blaisdell coll_date: in Jul speci... More