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: 20936 genus: Euclidia species: ardita sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Apr 12 97 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20937 genus: Caenurgia species: togataria sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jun 12 200... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20939 genus: Caenurgina species: erechtea sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: May 14 95 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20938 genus: Caenurgina species: caerulea sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: 1993-96 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20941 genus: Catocala species: aholibah sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jun 14 96 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20943 genus: Catocala species: andromache wellsi sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: W. Patterson coll_date: Jun ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20944 genus: Catocala species: chelidonia sex: location: Butts Cyn county: Napa collector: Ron Robertson coll_date: Ju 18 97 specimen_loc:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20947 genus: Catocala species: johnsoniana sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jun 12 94... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20946 genus: Catocala species: ophelia sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 30 98 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20945 genus: Catocala species: verrilliana beutenmulleri sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_d... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20932 genus: Drasteria species: divergens sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: May 5 99 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20931 genus: Drasteria species: pallescens sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Aug 11 96... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20930 genus: Drasteria species: edwardsii sex: location: Butts Cyn county: Napa collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Apr 16 83 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20929 genus: Drasteria species: ochracea sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: W. Patterson coll_date: Jun 10 99 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20926 genus: Cissusa species: indiscreta sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Mar 16 99 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20928 genus: Melipotis species: jucunda hadenformis sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20927 genus: Litocala species: sexsignata sex: location: Butts Cyn county: Napa collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Apr 11 81 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20934 genus: Zale species: rubi sex: location: Spring Mtn county: Napa collector: W.R. Bauer coll_date: Jun 18 47 specimen_loc: UCD URL: h... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20935 genus: Zale species: termina sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Apr 23 95 specime... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20924 genus: Scoliopteryx species: libatrix sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: W. Patterson coll_date: Jul 13 20... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20922 genus: Hypena species: abalienalis sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 2 97 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20917 genus: Idia species: americalis sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Aug 11 96 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20918 genus: Idia species: occidentalis sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 10 96 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20919 genus: Tetanolita species: palligera sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Aug 21 98... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20925 genus: Lygephila species: victoria sex: location: Spring Mtn county: Napa collector: W.R. Bauer coll_date: Jun 18 47 specimen_loc: L... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 3482 genus: Estigmene species: acrea acrea sex: M location: Monticello Dam county: Napa collector: D.P. Levin coll_date: May 5 64 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20906 genus: Hyphantria species: cunea sex: location: Angwin county: Napa collector: D.L. Bauer coll_date: in Jul 44 specimen_loc: LACM UR... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20903 genus: Leptarctia species: californiae sex: location: Butts Cyn county: Napa collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Apr 16 83 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20905 genus: Spilosoma species: vagans sex: location: Angwin county: Napa collector: D.L. Bauer coll_date: in May 44 specimen_loc: LACM UR... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20904 genus: Spilosoma species: vestalis sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: May 6 99 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20908 genus: Grammia species: ornata sex: location: Chimney Rock golf Course county: Napa collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: May 2 81 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20900 genus: Gnophaela species: latipennis sex: location: Lakaya Lodge county: Napa collector: not given coll_date: May 21 50 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20912 genus: Cycnia species: tenera sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: W. Patterson coll_date: Jul 13 2004 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20913 genus: Cycnia species: oregonensis sex: location: Spring Mtn county: Napa collector: W.R. Bauer coll_date: Apr 17 47 specimen_loc: U... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20911 genus: Pseudohemihyalea species: edwardsii sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Oct... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20907 genus: Kodiosoma species: fulvum sex: location: Pope Valley Rd at Butte Cr county: Napa collector: C. Henne coll_date: Mar 30 72 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20910 genus: Lophocampa species: maculata sex: location: Chimney Rock golf Course county: Napa collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: May 2 8... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20909 genus: Lophocampa species: argentata argentata sex: location: Angwin county: Napa collector: JAP & JDB coll_date: May 15 79 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20901 genus: Cisthene species: liberomacula sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 30 9... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20902 genus: Cisthene species: deserta sex: location: Conn Cr nr Rutherford county: Napa collector: D.C. Ferguson coll_date: Sep 16 85 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20916 genus: Lymantria species: dispar sex: location: Angwin, Ink Grade Rd, Howell Mt county: Napa collector: K. Anderson coll_date: Jul 1... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20914 genus: Orgyia species: cana sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 1 94 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20915 genus: Orgyia species: pseudotsugata pseudotsugata sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_d... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20921 genus: Phobolosia species: anfracta sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Sep 20 96 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20954 genus: Eublemma species: minima sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Aug 17 99 spec... More