Norfolk status
Local.
Mainly a westerly distribution in England and Wales, where it is local in damp, shady woodland.

Adult moths are day-flying and similar to the other fern feeding Psychoid, P. filicivora but show a violet tinge and lack the white tornal spot.
The larval feeding signs are also similar but P. verhuella larva can be distinguished by dark head and black anal plate.

New for Norfolk in 2014 when several specimens where collected and bred from Phyllitis scolopendrium (Hart's-tongue Fern) in a Heacham garden. (P. Cobb, collected 10/04/14, emerged 13/05/14)

Leaf-mine: Mines the frond at first, then feeding in sporangia in the spring, Most common on Phyllitis (Hart's-tongue Fern)

Recorded in 14 (19%) of 74 10k Squares. First Recorded in 2014. Last Recorded in 2024. Additional Stats

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