Chedra pensor
Moth species in family Batrachedridae
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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]
| Chedra pensor | |
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| holotype of Chedra pensor from Arizona | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Batrachedridae |
| Genus: | Chedra |
| Species: | C. pensor |
| Binomial name | |
| Chedra pensor Hodges, 1966 | |