Photo © Dave Green

Haworth's Minor

Celaena haworthii

Checklist Number
73.118 [B&F: 2367]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Noctuidae
Subfamily:Xyleninae
Genus:Celaena
Species:haworthii
Authority:(Curtis, 1829)

Local in bogs, moorland, fens and marshes throughout much of northern England and Scotland, with scattered populations in the Midlands, Exmoor, Dartmoor, Hampshire and East Anglia, a species of conservation concern under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. In Hampshire frequent in the Itchen valley above Winchester, straying into the south of the county, and occasionally recorded in the Test valley north of Stockbridge. There is one old record for the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 25-30 mm. Larva feeds on Cotton-sedge, over-wintering as an egg. The larval foodplant in Hampshire is unknown.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

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VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Sandown (SZ58)2816oneJ TaylorAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Emer Bog NR (SU32)1979oneD H SterlingAdult
Winchester (SU43)1979oneD H SterlingAdult
Winchester College (SU42)1980-Anon-
Emer Bog NR (SU32)30/07/1983oneJ R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Winchester College (SU42)1984-Anon-
Winchester (SU42)04/08/2000oneTim WalkerAdult
Winchester (SU42)05/08/2000oneTim WalkerAdult
Romsey (SU32)14/08/2004oneMike BakerAdult
Christchurch (SZ19)26/07/2024oneStuart ClarkeAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Leckford (SU33)1978-D H Sterling-
Kings Worthy (SU43)1979oneD H SterlingAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU42)25/07/1987-J R Langmaid, D H, P H Sterling, R M PalmerAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU42)13/08/1988-J R Langmaid, D H, P H Sterling, B GoaterAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU42)05/08/1989-J R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingAdult
Northwood (SU43)14/07/1999oneReg A BellAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)11/08/2001oneTony Dobson-
Martyr Worthy (SU53)03/07/2004twoMark TrasensterAdult
Ovington Mill (SU53)27/08/2006oneTim Norriss, L Fomison, S Clarke, P Fleet, D Owen, R HarrisonAdult
Ovington Mill (SU53)14/07/2007fiveTim Norriss, Mike Wall, Alison CrossAdult
Leckford Estate (SU33)25/07/2008oneGlynne EvansAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)30/07/2008oneTony DobsonAdult
Winnall Moors NR, Winchester (SU43)10/07/2009oneTony Dobson & Rob EdmundsAdult
Chilbolton (SU33)27/07/2015oneGlynne EvansAdult