Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick, 1937)
Fern Smut
12.0480 (B&F: 200)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Tineoidea
»Family: Tineidae
»Subfamily: Teichobiinae
»Tribe: Phalacropterygini
Local
First recorded at light in West Sussex in 1994 and again in 2009 at Walburton. Then a colony in East Sussex was found at Sharpthorne in 2009 on hartstongue fern. Adults were fairly common, at rest in three generations. In mid August, late September, and in early December, with only a few coming to light. An adult was found in May 2009 in in Marline Wood. (Pratt, 2011)