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1. Alipanah, Helen, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Samira Farahani & Jaroslaw Buszko. 2022 Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) leafminers new to Iran, including Tischeria caucasica on Quercus: a sibling species of T. ekebladella or a case of clinal variation? Nota lepidopterologica 45: 9-32.
2. Bolshakov, L. v., A. V. Sviridov, Erik J. van Nieukerken & S. a. Ryabov. 2016 Additions and corrections to the fauna of Lepidoptera of the Tula Province. 6. Eversmannia 45-46: 20-24.
3. Caspers, Max, Luc Willemse, Eulàlia G. Miracle & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2019 Butterflies in bags: permanent storage of Lepidoptera in glassine envelopes Nota lepidopterologica 42(1): 1-16.
4. Doorenweerd, Camiel, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Jae-Cheon Sohn & Conrad C. Labandeira. 2015 A revised checklist of Nepticulidae fossils (Lepidoptera) indicates an Early Cretaceous origin Zootaxa 3963(3): 295–334.
5. Doorenweerd, Camiel, Merel M. van Haren, Maarten Schermer, Sander Pieterse & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2014 A Linnaeus NG interactive key to the Lithocolletinae of North-West Europe aimed at accelerating the accumulation of reliable biodiversity data (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) ZooKeys 422: 87-101.
6. Hoare, Robert J. B. & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2013 Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species ZooKeys 278: 1-64.
7. Huemer, Peter & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2021 Identity of some recently described Lepidoptera from France—re-assessed with DNA barcodes and morphology Zootaxa 4941(3): 301–337.
8. Ivinskis, Povilas, Erik J. van Nieukerken & Jolanta Rimsaite. 2012 Trifurcula (Glaucolepis) lituanica sp. nov., an unexpected new stem-miner on Salvia pratensis occurring in eastern Europe (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) Zootaxa 3570: 41-55.
9. Koster, Sjaak (. C. ). & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2017 Gielisella gen. n., a new genus and two new species from southern Spain (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Parametriotinae) with a catalogue of parametriotine genera Nota lepidopterologica 40(2): 163-202.
10. Koster, Sjaak (. C. )., Giorgio Baldizzone, Helmut Deutsch, Peter Huemer & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2019 The Eastern Palaearctic Cosmopterix feminella Sinev, 1988, introduced in Italy: taxonomy, biology and a new synonymy (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) Nota lepidopterologica 42(1): 49-61.
11. Koster, Sjaak (. C. )., Per Falck, Jari Junnilainen, Ole Karsholt & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2020 The francoeuriae species group in the genus Alloclita Staudinger, 1859 with description of A. canariensis Koster & Junnilainen sp. nov. from the Canary Islands (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Cosmopterigidae) Nota lepidopterologica 43: 95–116.
12. Puplesis, R., A. Diškus & E. J. van Nieukerken. 1997 Stigmella divina sp. n., a remarkable species from Turkmenistan and Turkey (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 140(1): 55-58.
13. Rajaei, Hossein, Leif Aarvik, Wilfried R. Arnscheid, Giorgio Baldizzone, Daniel Bartsch, Bengt Å. Bengtsson, Oleksiy Bidzilya, Peter Buchner, Ulf Buchsbaum, Jaroslaw Buszko, Vladimir V. Dubatolov, Sven Erlacher, Mehdi Esfandiari, Josef J. De Freina, Reinhard Gaedike, Peter Gyulai, Axel Hausmann, Jean Haxaire, Donald Hobern, Axel Hofmann, Nikolai Ignatev, Lauri Kaila, Axel Kallies, Thomas Keil, Ádám Kiss, Ian J. Kitching, Andras Kun, Gyula M. László, Guillaume Leraut, Richard Mally, Alexey Matov, Jörg-uwe Meineke, Tomáš Melichar, Wolfram Mey, Vladimir Mironov, Bernd Müller, Alireza Naderi, Wolfgang A. Nässig, Stefan Naumann, Vazrick Nazari, Erik J. van Nieukerken, Matthias Nuss, Norbert Pöll, Alexey M. Prozorov, Mohammad M. Rabieh, László Rákosy, Michal Rindoš, Jadranka Rota, Rodolphe Rougerie, Alexander Schintlmeister, Asghar Shirvani, Pasi Sihvonen, Thomas J. Simonsen, Sergey Y. Sinev, Peder Skou, Thomas Sobczyk, Jae-Cheon Sohn, Jukka Tabell, Gerhard Tarmann, Zdenko Tokár, Robert Trusch, Zoltán Varga, Anton V. Volynkin, Dominic Wanke, Roman V. Yakovlev, Reza Zahiri, Payam Zehzad, Hans C. Zeller & Vadim V. Zolotuhin & Ole Karsholt. 2023 Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran. In: Rajaei, H. & Karsholt, O. (eds.): Lepidoptera Iranica Integrative Systematics 6(Special Issue): 121–459.
14. Roskov, Yuri, G. Ower, Thomas M. Orrell, David Nicolson, Nicolas Bailly, Paul M. Kirk, Thierry Bourgoin, R. E. DeWalt, Wim Decock, Erik J. van Nieukerken, James L. Zarucchi & Lyubomir Penev. 2020 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. 2405-884X Edition.
15. Tokár, Zdenko, Aleš Laštůvka & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2017 A new pygmy leafmining moth, Stigmella tatrica sp. n., from the alpine zone of the Tatra Mountains (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) Nota lepidopterologica 40(1): 131-140.
16. van der Laan, Richard & Erik J. van Nieukerken. 2019 Case 3747 – RIVULINAE Grote, 1895 (Lepidoptera, Glossata, NOCTUOIDEA) and RIVULIDAE Myers, 1925 (Osteichthyes, Cyprinodontiformes): proposed emendation of the spelling of the lepidopterous subfamily to RIVULAINAE to remove homonymy Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 76.
17. van Nieukerken, Erik J. 2004 Identity of two Nepticula species named by Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae, Tischeriidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147(1): 111-112.
18. van Nieukerken, Erik J. 2007 Acalyptris Meyrick: revision of the platani and staticis groups in Europe and the Mediterranean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Zootaxa 1436: 1-48.
19. van Nieukerken, Erik J. 2023 Stigmella naturnella (Klimesch, 1936) (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) a fast-spreading European leafminer of Betula, with a revised key to linear leafmines on Betula Nota Lepidopterologica 46: 37-82.
20. van Nieukerken, Erik J. & Charles S. Eiseman. 2020 Splitting the leafmining shield-bearer moth genus Antispila Hübner (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): North American species with reduced venation placed in Aspilanta new genus, with a review of heliozelid morphology ZooKeys 957: 105-161.
21. van Nieukerken, Erik J. & Dieter Robrecht. 2025 Stigmella species on the Wild Service Tree, Torminalis glaberrima, confused, overlooked and found again (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) Nota Lepidopterologica 48: 29-67.
22. van Nieukerken, Erik J. & Henk Geertsema. 2015 A new leafminer on grapevine and Rhoicissus (Vitaceae) in South Africa within an expanded generic concept of Holocacista (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae) ZooKeys 507: 41-97.
23. van Nieukerken, Erik J. & Roland Johansson. 2003 The Quercus feeding Stigmella species of the West Palaearctic: new species, key and distribution (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 146(2): 307-370.
24. van Nieukerken, Erik J. & Youqiao Liu. 2000 Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in China, 1. Introduction and Stigmella Schrank feeding on Fagaceae Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 143(2): 145-181.
25. van Nieukerken, Erik J., Aleš Laštůvka & Zdenĕk Laštůvka. 2006 The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea). Zootaxa 1216: 1-114.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Ales Lastuvka & Zdenĕk Laštůvka. 2010 Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition ZooKeys 32: 1-82.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Camiel Doorenweerd, Kenji Nishida & Chris Snyers. 2016 New taxa, including three new genera show uniqueness of Neotropical Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) ZooKeys 628: 1-63.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Camiel Doorenweerd, Robert J. B. Hoare & D. R. Davis. 2016 Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea) ZooKeys 628: 65-246.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Daniel O. Gilrein & Charles S. Eiseman. 2018 Stigmella multispicata Rocienė & Stonis, an Asian leafminer on Siberian elm, now widespread in eastern North America (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) ZooKeys 784: 95-125.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., David C. Lees, Camiel Doorenweerd, Sjaak (. C. ). Koster, Rudolf Bryner, Arnold Schreurs, Martijn J. T. N. Timmermans & Klaus Sattler. 2018 Two European Cornus L. feeding leafmining moths, Antispila petryi Martini, 1899, sp. rev. and A. treitschkiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843) (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): an unjustified synonymy and overlooked range expansion Nota lepidopterologica 41: 39–86.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., David L. Wagner, Mario Baldessari, Luca Mazzon, Gino Angeli, Vincenzo Girolami, Carlo Duso & Camiel Doorenweerd. 2012 Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle ZooKeys 170: 29-77.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Donald R. Davis, Steven V. Swain & Marc E. Epstein. 2024 A new North American species of Etainia (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), feeding on Arbutus and Arctostaphylos species (Ericaceae) ZooKeys 1193: 195-218.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Lauri Kaila, Ian J. Kitching, Niels P. Kristensen, David C. Lees, Joël Minet, Charles Mitter, Marko Mutanen, Jerome C. Regier, Thomas J. Simonsen, Niklas Wahlberg, Shen-Horn Yen, Reza Zahiri, David Adamski, Joaquin Baixeras, Daniel Bartsch, Bengt Å. Bengtsson, John W. Brown, Sibyl R. Bucheli, Donald R. Davis, Jurate De Prins, Willy De Prins, Marc E. Epstein, Patricia Gentili-Poole, Cees Gielis, Peter Hättenschwiler, Axel Hausmann, Jeremy D. Holloway, Axel Kallies, Ole Karsholt, Akito Y. Kawahara, Sjaak (. C. ). Koster, Mikhail V. Kozlov, J. D. Lafontaine, Gerardo Lamas, Jean-François Landry, Sangmi Lee, Matthias Nuss, Kyu-Tek Park, Carla M. Penz, Jadranka Rota, Alexander Schintlmeister, B. C. Schmidt, Jae-Cheon Sohn, M. A. Solis, Gerhard M. Tarmann, Andrew D. Warren, Susan J. Weller, Roman V. Yakovlev, Vadim V. Zolotuhin & Andreas Zwick. 2011 Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Zootaxa 3148: 212-221.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Ole Karsholt, Axel Hausmann, Jeremy D. Holloway, Peter Huemer, Ian J. Kitching, Matthias Nuss, Gregory R. Pohl, Hossein Rajaei, Erwin Rennwald, Jürgen Rodeland, Rodolphe Rougerie, Malcolm J. Scoble, Sergey Y. Sinev & Manfred Sommerer. 2019 Stability in Lepidoptera names is not served by reversal to gender agreement: a response to Wiemers et al. (2018) Nota lepidopterologica 42(1): 101-111.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Ole Karsholt, Richard L. Brown, Maria Heikkilä, Peter Huemer, Lauri Kaila, Jean-François Landry, Houhun Li, Margarita G. Ponomarenko & Sergey Y. Sinev. 2022 Case 3841 – EPIGRAPHIIDAE Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera, GELECHIOIDEA): proposed suppression to conserve the widely used family-group name DEPRESSARIIDAE Meyrick, 1883 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 79.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Ole Karsholt, Richard L. Brown, Maria Heikkilä, Peter Huemer, Lauri Kaila, Jean-François Landry, Houhun Li, Margarita G. Ponomarenko & Sergey Y. Sinev. 2022 Case 3842 – GELECHIOIDEA Stainton, 1854 (Lepidoptera): proposed conservation of the superfamily name by conditional reversal of precedence with three family-group names proposed by Bruand, 1851 Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 79.
van Nieukerken, Erik J., Steve Wullaert, Bong-Woo Lee & Rudolf Bryner. 2021 Antispilina ludwigi Hering, 1941 (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae) a rare but overlooked European leaf miner of Bistorta officinalis (Polygonaceae): new records, redescription, biology and conservation Nota lepidopterologica 44: 99-121.
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