Stathmopodidae

42.001 Fern Signaller Pachyrhabda steropodes Meyrick, 1897

Adventive / Established

Similar species:

Forewing: 5mm

Habitats: Open woodland, botanic gardens.

Habits: The moth sits openly on the foodplants during the day and swarms in sunshine.

Foodplant: The larva feeds on the sporangia of Soft Shield Fern and probably Hard Fern. It feeds from a silk tube joining the sporangia on the underside of a leaf. It pupates away from the feeding site.