Biology:Chedra pensor
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Short description: Moth species in family Batrachedridae
| Chedra pensor | |
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| holotype of Chedra pensor from Arizona | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Family Batrachedridae". http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Batrachedridae/index.html.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
- ↑ Hodges, Ronald W. (1999). "The Gelechioidea". in Kristensen, N.P.. 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
- ↑ "Chedra pensor – Hodges, 1966". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1418.
Wikidata ☰ Q13462153 entry
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