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: 34480 genus: Petrophila species: jaliscalis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn county: Stanislaus collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: May 4 68 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34479 genus: Elophila species: occidentalis sex: location: Woodward Reservoir county: Stanislaus collector: S.A.Brown,M.Alvarez coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34491 genus: Choristostigma species: zephyralis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn 20 mi W Patterson county: Stanislaus collector: J. Powell co... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34495 genus: Diastictis species: fracturalis sex: location: Modesto county: Stanislaus collector: N.J. Smith coll_date: Aug 15 74 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 5024 genus: Diastictis species: sperryorum sex: M location: Patterson county: Stanislaus collector: R. van der Bosch coll_date: Apr 26 48 s... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34493 genus: Desmia species: funeralis sex: location: La Grange county: Stanislaus collector: R.P. Allen coll_date: Aug 21 53 specimen_loc... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34492 genus: Nomophila species: nearctica sex: location: La Grange county: Stanislaus collector: R.P. Allen coll_date: Dec 24 58 specimen_... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34490 genus: Lineodes species: integra sex: location: Modesto county: Stanislaus collector: coll_date: in Sep specimen_loc: CDFA URL: htt... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34489 genus: Udea species: profundalis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn, 20 mi W Patterson county: Stanislaus collector: J. Powell coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34494 genus: Lygropia species: octonalis sex: location: 6 mi SW Modesto county: Stanislaus collector: Y.F. Hsu coll_date: Sep 5 92 specime... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34484 genus: Loxostege species: sticticalis sex: location: Westley county: Stanislaus collector: W.H. Lange coll_date: Jul 5 61 specimen_l... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34483 genus: Achyra species: occidentalis sex: location: Salida county: Stanislaus collector: coll_date: in Sep specimen_loc: CDFA URL: h... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34485 genus: Pyrausta species: napaealis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn, 22 mi W Patterson county: Stanislaus collector: G. Gorelick coll_d... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34486 genus: Pyrausta species: lethalis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn 20 km W Patterson county: Stanislaus collector: J. Powell coll_date:... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34487 genus: Pyrausta species: californicalis californicalis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn county: Stanislaus collector: R.L. Langston col... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34488 genus: Pyrausta species: dapalis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn county: Stanislaus collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Feb 23 63 spec... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34496 genus: Agriphila species: anceps sex: location: La Grange county: Stanislaus collector: coll_date: in Oct specimen_loc: CDFA URL: h... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34497 genus: Euchromius species: ocelleus sex: location: I-5 Westley Rest Area county: Stanislaus collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Aug ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34481 genus: Gyros species: muirii rubralis sex: location: Del Puerto Cyn county: Stanislaus collector: R.L. Langston coll_date: Mar 24 79... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 5023 genus: Noctueliopsis species: atascaderalis sex: M location: Oakdale county: Stanislaus collector: E.C. Johnston coll_date: Jul 13 35 ... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34482 genus: Mimoschinia species: rufofascialis novalis sex: location: La Grange county: Stanislaus collector: R.P. Allen coll_date: Jun 2... More