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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Inferuncus |
| Species: | I. infesta
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| Inferuncus infesta | |
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References
edit- ^ a b De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Inferuncus infesta (Meyrick, 1934)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Gielis, C. (2011). "Notes on some African Pterophoridae, with description of new species (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 49: 33–63.
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