Psychoides filicivora
Status .....Probably uncommon or rare in Nottinghamshire. Typically a moth of coastal areas, but found increasingly inland through the use of ferns in horticulture. Somtimes found indoors on potted ferns at all times of the year.
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Adults reared ex-larvae, photographed early December 2010
 
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Leaf mines photographed on Polypodium sp at Mapperley Nottingham, October 2010
 
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Larval cases photographed at Mapperley Nottingham, October 2010
 
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Larva (removed from case) photographed at Mapperley Nottingham, October 2010
 
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UK distribution of Psychoides filicivora
 

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