Noctuidae

73.118 Haworth's Minor Celaena haworthii (Curtis, 1829)

Local

Similar species: If care is taken this moth is unlikely to be mistaken for any other British or Irish species.

Forewing: 10 to 14mm

Habitats: Bogs, wet acid moorland, fens and marshes.

Habits: The male flies on sunny afternoons and again from dusk. The moth nectars at Common Ragwort and other flowers and is attracted to sugar and light

Foodplant: The larva feeds inside the stems of Common Cottongrass and probably rushes and club-rushes. It pupates in the leaf litter.

On the European mainland it has also been recorded feeding on Field Wood-rush, Iris and rushes.