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: 11782 genus: Eumorpha species: achemon sex: location: Independence county: Inyo collector: Bauer & Buckett coll. coll_date: Aug 4 64 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11783 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: location: Camp Inyo W Big Pine county: Inyo collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Aug 26 83 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11781 genus: Hemaris species: senta sex: location: Wildrose Cyn, Panamint Mts county: Inyo collector: R.Skalski coll_date: May 31 83 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 249 genus: Hemaris species: diffinis sex: F location: Camp 1, Bishop Cr county: Inyo collector: L.M. Martin coll_date: Jun 20 50 specimen_l... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11780 genus: Erinnyis species: ello sex: location: Camp Inyo W Big Pine county: Inyo collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Aug 26 83 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11772 genus: Manduca species: quinquemaculatum sex: location: Coso Range: W Upper Cactus Flat county: Inyo collector: T. Dimock coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11775 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: location: Lone Pine county: Inyo collector: Adams, Wikle coll_date: May 9-11 2008 specimen_lo... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11773 genus: Sphinx species: chersis sex: location: Independence county: Inyo collector: not given coll_date: Aug 1 64 specimen_loc: UCD U... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11774 genus: Sphinx species: vashti sex: location: White Mts, Grandview Cmpgrnd county: Inyo collector: A. Porter coll_date: May 27 84 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11776 genus: Sphinx species: asellus sex: location: White Mts, Grandview Cmpgrnd county: Inyo collector: A. Porter coll_date: May 27 84 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11777 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: Camp Inyo W Big Pine county: Inyo collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Aug 26 83 spe... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11779 genus: Pachysphinx species: occidentalis sex: location: Camp Inyo W Big Pine county: Inyo collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Aug 26 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 11778 genus: Paonias species: myops sex: location: Bishop county: Inyo collector: R. Kileman coll_date: May 27 63 specimen_loc: UCD URL: h... More