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The explosive expansion of the lime leaf miner in Europe: invading the Netherlands?

A recent find of Phyllonorycter issikii at Schoonrewoerd, in the province of Zuid-Holland, implies that Ph. issikii is expanding in The Netherlands.

Phalonidia manniana, a complex of two species: Ph. manniana and Ph. udana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

In the project to generate DNA barcodes for all North European Lepidoptera, Mutanen et al. (2012) found two genetically distinct clusters in Phalonidia manniana. In this article the Dutch situation is investigated.

Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle

A grapevine leafminer Antispila oinophylla van Nieukerken & Wagner, sp. n., is described both from eastern North America (type locality: Georgia) and as a new important invader in North Italian vineyards (Trentino and Veneto Region) since 2006

Bucculatrix ainsliella Murtfeldt, a new North American invader already widespread on northern red oaks (Quercus rubra) in Western Europe (Bucculatricidae)

Bucculatrix ainsliella Murtfeldt, 1905 is for the first time reported from Europe: the Netherlands, Belgium, and adjacent Germany

DNA barcoding of the leaf-mining moth subgenus Ectoedemia s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) with COI and EF1-alpha: two are better than one in recognising cryptic species

We sequenced 665bp of the Cytochrome C Oxidase I (COI) barcoding marker for 257 specimens and 482bp of Elongation Factor 1-α (EF1-α) for 237 specimens belonging to the leaf- mining subgenus Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) in the basal Lepidopteran family Nepticulidae.

DNA barcoding resolves species complexes in Stigmella salicis and S. aurella species groups and shows additional cryptic speciation in S. salicis

We sequenced the mitochondrial barcoding marker COI and nuclear marker EF1-alpha for most Nordic and other European species of the Stigmella salicis and S. aurella species groups