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Haworth's Minor
Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829)
Noctuidae: Xyleninae
2367 / 73.118
Photo © Peter Hall,  Lochinver, Sutherland, September 2021

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Crescent
Helotropha leucostigma
Forewing: 10-14mm
Flight: August - September
Foodplant:   Common Cottongrass
Red List: Least Concern (LC)
GB status: Common
Former Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3

A local resident.

Found on boggy heaths and moors where Cottongrass grows.

Overwinters as an egg. Adults fly during the day and again from dusk when they come to light or visit flowers.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Recorded in 15 (11%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2019.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
04/08/2019140SJ43 - Welshampton/Whixall Moss
27/08/2013139SK06 - North Staffs Moors
27/08/2013139SK06 - North Staffs Moors
27/08/2013339SK06 - North Staffs Moors
27/08/2013439SK06 - North Staffs Moors
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