Familie: Nepticulidae Stainton, 1854 (mit Fundortlisten, Fundortkarten und Farbabbildungen)

This volume deals with the 107 species recorded to date and a further six species that might occur in the area. Dot maps (1:25.000 grid) show the distribution of each species in the study area. We provide detailed locality information, including date and observer, for species with a maximum of ten localities. Where possible, two half-page photos of the mines are shown. Small-format photos of a live and a mounted moth are integrated into the mine photos. For each species there is a short description containing information on host plants, life cycle, mine characteristics, risk of confusion with similar species and on the distribution in Europe and in the study area. The traditional study area of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Rheinisch-Westfälischer Lepidopterologen e.V. is located in the west of the Federal Republic of Germany. It includes North Rhine-Westphalia, the northern part of Rhineland-Palatinate and parts of northern and western Hesse, parts of southern Lower Saxony and northern Saarland.