12.047 BF199 - Tineidae - Teichobiinae - Psychoides verhuella

12.047 BF199 - Tineidae - Teichobiinae - Psychoides verhuella - Hart’s-tongue Moth - Bruand, 1853

Adult Micro: CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive -

Leaf-miner: CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required -

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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant - Leaf Miner - Day-flying

Taxonomy: Micro >> Tineidae

Other Name/s: Hart’s-tongue Smut

ID Difficulty: Red

- difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.

ID pointers: An overall greyish-brown forewing that often shows a violet reflection. It lacks the white tornal spot of P. filicivora

Distribution: (Last record: 1892 at Wirksworth ) - One record from 1892 – Wirksworth – Despite plenty of the food plant in various sites in the south of the county, no modern day records.

Flight Period: June / July / - June-July – Daytime flying much like other Fern feeders.

Mine Period: April / May / - larvae mine the leaf fronds of Ferns in particular Hart’s-tongue Fern and Spleenwort

Photographed: No - Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 25 February 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 9-12mm

Food Plant: Hart’s-tongue Fern and Spleenwort

Last Recorded Year: 1892

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Wirksworth

No First Date Information Recorded

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