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Common Fern Moth

Psychoides filicivora

260Records since 2000
MayPeak month
35Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan4
Feb3
Mar10
Apr12
May61
Jun18
Jul13
Aug27
Sep14
Oct16
Nov10
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England51
2Oxfordshire England19
3Antrim and Newtownabbey Northern Ireland15
4Argyll and Bute Scotland12
5Telford and Wrekin England9
6Gwynedd Wales7
7West Berkshire England7
8Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland7
9Isle of Anglesey Wales6
10Devon England5
11Gloucestershire England5
12Carmarthenshire Wales5
13Ards and North Down Northern Ireland4
14Lisburn and Castlereagh Northern Ireland4
15Highland Scotland3
170 England17 Scotland21 Wales42 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
260
Peak month
May
Counties with records
35
Scientific name
Psychoides filicivora
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
210
Most recorded in
Worcestershire
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tineidae
Genus
Psychoides
Name with authority
Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick, 1937)
Described
1937

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q13483139 · GBIF 1855620