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: 32309 genus: Proserpinus species: clarkiae sex: location: N Yuba R, 13 mi W Downieville county: Sierra collector: R.L.Langston, J. Powell ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 32310 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: location: 15 mi S Downieville county: Sierra collector: W.L. Turner coll_date: Jul 28 62 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 32308 genus: Hemaris species: diffinis sex: location: Shenanegan Flats, 1 mi W Indian Valley county: Sierra collector: G.A. Gorelick coll_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 4772 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: M location: SFSU Field Camp. Rt 89 county: Sierra collector: Leuschner, Richers coll_date: Jun ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 32306 genus: Sphinx species: sequoiae sex: location: SFSU Field Station county: Sierra collector: P. Jump coll_date: Jun 26 2004 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 32304 genus: Sphinx species: vashti sex: location: Hwy 89 3.5 mi E Little Truckee Summit county: Sierra collector: R.M.Brown coll_date: Ju... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 32305 genus: Sphinx species: drupiferarum sex: location: SFSU Field Station county: Sierra collector: P. Jump coll_date: Jun 26 2004 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 32307 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: Hwy 89 3.5 mi E Little Truckee Summit county: Sierra collector: R.M.Brown coll_dat... More