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: 19185 genus: Proserpinus species: clarkiae sex: location: Mineret Summit county: Mono collector: C.W. Kirkwood coll coll_date: Jul 19 38 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19186 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: location: 2 mi NE Deadman Summit county: Mono collector: T.Dimock coll_date: Jul 25 98 specimen_l... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 3346 genus: Hemaris species: diffinis sex: M location: Mineret Mines county: Mono collector: G. Malcolm coll coll_date: Jun 24 25 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19177 genus: Manduca species: quinquemaculatum sex: location: Crooked Cr lab, Whit Mts county: Mono collector: G.W. Frankie coll_date: Jun... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19180 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: location: June Lake Loop county: Mono collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Jun 3 84 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19178 genus: Sphinx species: chersis sex: location: Mono Lakes county: Mono collector: T.W. Tilden coll_date: Jul 4 38 specimen_loc: CAS U... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19179 genus: Sphinx species: vashti fm gerhardi sex: location: June Lake Loop county: Mono collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Jun 3 84 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19182 genus: Sphinx species: drupiferarum sex: location: 4 mi E Monitor Pass county: Mono collector: J. Powell coll_date: Jun 24 62 specim... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19181 genus: Sphinx species: asellus sex: location: Crooked Creek county: Mono collector: J. Buckett coll_date: Jun 25 67 specimen_loc: UC... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19183 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: Tom's Place county: Mono collector: R.H. Leuschner coll_date: Jun 1 84 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 19184 genus: Pachysphinx species: occidentalis sex: location: Benton Insp Station county: Mono collector: not given coll_date: Jul 18 66 s... More