Inferuncus infesta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1934 as Platyptilia infesta. It occurs on São Tomé Island off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.[1] It was placed in the genus Inferuncus in 2011.[2]

Inferuncus infesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Inferuncus
Species:
I. infesta
Binomial name
Inferuncus infesta
(Meyrick, 1934)[1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia infesta Meyrick, 1934

References

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  1. ^ a b De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Inferuncus infesta (Meyrick, 1934)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
  2. ^ Gielis, C. (2011). "Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 49: 33–63.