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: 8015 genus: Eumorpha species: achemon sex: location: Walnut Cr. foot of Shell Ridge county: Contra Costa collector: J. Powell coll_date: A... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 8017 genus: Proserpinus species: clarkiae sex: location: Mt Diablo SP, Juniper Flat county: Contra Costa collector: P.Opler coll_date: Apr... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 8016 genus: Arctonotus species: lucidus sex: location: Walnut Creek, foot of Shell Ridge county: Contra Costa collector: J. Powell coll_da... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 5891 genus: Hyles species: lineata sex: location: Berkeley (Telegraph Ave) county: Alameda collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Sep 16 49 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 8014 genus: Hemaris species: senta sex: location: Mitchell Cyn, Mt Diablo county: Contra Costa collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: Jun 17 9... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20881 genus: Manduca species: quinquemaculatum sex: location: Napa county: Napa collector: E. Guedet coll_date: Aug 14 31 specimen_loc: CA... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 5889 genus: Manduca species: sexta sex: location: Albany (San Pablo Ave) county: Alameda collector: K.S.Hagen coll_date: Mar 4 54 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20883 genus: Sphinx species: perelegans sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 11 99 sp... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 34169 genus: Sphinx species: sequoiae sex: location: county: Sonoma collector: not given coll_date: Jul 20 1898 specimen_loc: LACM URL: h... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20882 genus: Sphinx species: chersis sex: location: Quail Ridge Eco. Res. county: Napa collector: Wm. Patterson coll_date: Jul 11 99 speci... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 5890 genus: Smerinthus species: cerisyi sex: location: Strawberry Cyn, Berkeley Hills county: Alameda collector: R.L.Langston coll_date: A... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 8013 genus: Pachysphinx species: occidentalis sex: location: Oakley county: Contra Costa collector: R. Dillon coll_date: Apr 6 86 specimen... More
CALIFORNA MOTH SPECIMEN DATABASE RECORD DETAILS seq_num: 20885 genus: Paonias species: excaecata sex: location: Mt St Helena county: Napa collector: Bauer & Buckett coll_date: Jul 8 52 specim... More