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: 15230 genus: Furcula species: cinerea sex: location: Mint Cyn county: Los Angeles collector: C.I. Smith coll_date: Feb 28 46 specimen_loc:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2833 genus: Furcula species: scolopendrina sex: M location: Hermit Gulch Cmp., St Catalina Is county: Los Angeles collector: K. Richers col... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15229 genus: Pheosia species: rimosa sex: location: Alhambra county: Los Angeles collector: C.I. Smith coll_date: Feb 23 41 specimen_loc: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15231 genus: Schizura species: unicornis sex: location: Singing Springs county: Los Angeles collector: C.I. Smith coll_date: Jun 5 48 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 2834 genus: Ursia species: noctuiformis sex: M location: Bob's Gap county: Los Angeles collector: Leuschner, RIchers coll_date: May 14 2005... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15227 genus: Clostera species: apicalis ornata sex: location: Long Beach county: Los Angeles collector: C. Smith coll_date: Mar 16 41 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 15232 genus: Phryganidia species: californica sex: location: Westwood county: Los Angeles collector: R.M. Bohart coll_date: in Apr 41 spec... More