Tineidae
Teichobiinae
ABH 12.048
First discovered in Ireland in 1909 Wingspan: 10-12mm Season: Day-flying April-October. Food plant: Feeds on the underside of fern fronds; Soft shield-fern Polystichum setiferum, Male-fern Dryopteris filix-mas, Hart's tongue Phyllitis scolopendrium, Black spleenwort Asplenium adiantum-nigrum, Maidenhair spleenwort A.trichomanes. Possibly introduced with imported ferns and often found indoors. Mine: Throughout the year |
Psychoides filicivora
Dorset. July 2013,November 2015, October 2016.