Biology:Inferuncus infesta

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Inferuncus infesta
Scientific classification edit
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

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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13366907 entry