Chedra pensor | |
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holotype of Chedra pensor from Arizona | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Batrachedridae |
Genus: | Chedra |
Species: | C. pensor
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Binomial name | |
Chedra pensor Hodges, 1966
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Chedra pensor is a tiny dwarf moth in the family Batrachedridae.[1][2][3] It was collected by Ronald W. Hodges at a place called West Fork, 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona, in the United States, at 1,981 metres (6,499 ft) in elevation in early July,[4] and subsequently described by him in 1966.[5] It has been found in the US states of California,[6] Arizona[1][4] and Illinois.[1] The holotype is kept at the Department of Entomology of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.[4] It is the type species of the genus Chedra.[5]