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This is not a Sycoracine, as the wing has a 5-branched r rather than a 4-branched one (that is, two veins between the main forks). The mouthparts in the picture are palps, which are present in most (all?) genera of Psychodidae.

The Sycoracine genus Sycorax is found in the UK, represented by two species (according to Withers (1989), please let me know if there has been more records since then). In Norway I have found the species Sycorax silacea near shallow streams in early summer, in deciduous forests. It is never very common, though.

To me, your pictures look like Clytocerus based on the dark spotted wings and the long scapus.


Withers, P. 1989. Moth flies - Diptera: Psychodidae. Dipterists Digest 4: 1-83