Lep:Tineidae
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Psychoides verhuella Bruand, 1853
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Food Plant: Phyllitis scolopendrium (Hart's-tongue Fern), Asplenium (Spleenwort), Ceterach (Rustyback), Cyrtomium fortunei (Fortune's crytomium) and Polypodium interjectum (Cornish Polypody) Mine: August - June Notes: Mines the frond at first, then feeding in sporangia in the spring (as shown). Later spins a case from empty sporangia. Most common on Phyllitis. Has a westerly distibution in England and Wales National Status: Local Bradley No: 199 Data: iv.2008, Nantyffyllon, Maesteg, Glamorgan (VC41) Image:© Paul Parsons |
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