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Psychoides verhuella
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Psychoides filicivora

(Meyrick, 1937)200 / 12.048

Phil Sterling (2008): An adventive species known in Britain for about a century, but not found in western Europe. It may have been imported with trade in ferns. The first published records of the species in Britain were from Bournemouth. The adult is day-flying. The larva feeds on several species of fern, including soft shield-fern (Polystichum setiferum), male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas) and hart’s tongue (Phyllitis scolopendrium), eating the sporangia and lower leaf surface. The larva covers... Read More


Additional Stats

Wingspan: 10-12mm
Flight: Extended generations Spring-Autumn
Foodplant:   Ferns
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
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