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: 22497 genus: Eumorpha species: achemon sex: location: Loomis county: Placer collector: S. Meredith coll_date: Jun 20 75 specimen_loc: UCB ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22498 genus: Proserpinus species: clarkiae sex: location: Goose Lake Mdw county: Placer collector: E.D. Ballard coll_date: Jun 19 99 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22499 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: location: Loomis county: Placer collector: not given coll_date: Jun 20 78 specimen_loc: UCB URL: ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22496 genus: Hemaris species: diffinis sex: location: Drivers Flat Rd, 9 mi NE Auburn county: Placer collector: W. Patterson coll_date: Ma... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22493 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: location: Foresthill county: Placer collector: not given coll_date: May 16 69 specimen_loc: U... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22494 genus: Sphinx species: sequoiae sex: location: Foresthill county: Placer collector: not given coll_date: Jun 30 37 specimen_loc: UCD... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22492 genus: Sphinx species: vashti sex: location: Deer Park county: Placer collector: F.X. Williams coll_date: Jun 23 08 specimen_loc: CA... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 22495 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: Granite Bay W Folsom Lake county: Placer collector: E.D. Ballard coll_date: Jul 10... More