Chedra pensor

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
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
Binomial name
Chedra pensor Hodges, 1966

References

1. "Family Batrachedridae". MICROLEPS.ORG. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
3. Hodges, Ronald W. (1999). "The Gelechioidea". In Kristensen, N.P. (ed.). Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology Vol. 4, part 35. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Vol. 1. Evolution, Systematics and Biogeography. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 131–158. ISBN 9783110157048.
4. Orrell T (2019). NMNH Extant Specimen Records. Version 1.26. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-12-22. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1317250729
5. Hodges, Ronald W. (December 1966). "Review of New World Species of Batrachedra, with Description of Three New Genera (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 92 (4): 585–651. JSTOR 25077925.
6. "Chedra pensor – Hodges, 1966". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved April 6, 2014.