Yorkshire Status: Fairly widespread resident.

This is our commonest Hook-tip. It should be easy to identify as the confusion species (Dusky Hook-tip and Scarce Hook-tip) are very unlikely to be found in the county. It is widespread in areas with birch all across the county, though it is a little less common in the north-west and the east of VC61 where there is less suitable habitat. Numbers appear to be stable.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Still well distributed and frequent in woodland and heathland with plenty of birch. This species has a wider and more general range in the County than the other species of hook-tips, but is now locally less common than the formerly scarce Scalloped Hook-tip. There are recent records from all five vice-counties.

Recorded in 146 (73%) of 200 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1880. Last Recorded in 2023. Additional Stats

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