This is the fourth 'annual' compilation of Microlepidoptera collected in The Netherlands, the first three having been published in Entomologische Berichten (vols 45: 89-104 [1985]; 46: 137-156 [1986]; 48: 69-81 [1988]). The following fifteen species are here recorded for the first time from The Netherlands: 1. Ectoedemia heringi (Toll) (Nepticulidae), leafmining on Quercus in eastern and southeastern parts. 2. Alloclemensia mesospilella (Herrich-Schäffer) (Incurvariidae), from Noord-Brabant, details to be published by Van Nieukerken. 3. Nematopogon schwarziellus Zeller (Adelidae), previously misidentified as N. pilella (Denis & Schiffermüller). 4. Nemapogon wolffiella Karsholt & Nielsen (Tineidae), two specimens from southern Limburg. 5. Tinea steueri Petersen (Tineidae), found in the 1960's in the province of Friesland. 6. Phyllonorycter anderidae (Fletcher) (Gracillariidae), found on Birch seedlings in several heath areas. 7. Digitivalva perlepidella (Stainton) (Plutellidae), mining on Inula conyza in Limburg. 8. Pseudatemelia latipennella Jäckh (Oecophoridae), at several localities in Twente, province of Overijssel. 9. Depressaria weirella Stainton (Oecophoridae), found amongst collection material of D. pulcherrimella Stainton. 10. Coleophora calycotomella (Stainton) (Coleophoridae), reared from cases on Broom. 11. Gelechia senticetella Staudinger (Gelechiidae) of garden conifers, notably Juniper, a recent addition. 12. Scrobipalpa proclivella (Fuchs) (Gelechiidae), a stem-miner of Achillea and Artemisia, found in the province of Noord-Brabant. 13. Pammene germmana (Hübner) (Tortricidae), a pair near a hedge in Noord-Brabant. 14. P. ignorata Kusnetzov (Tortricidae), a single female from Limburg of 1964, previously known from about 20 specimens from Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania and Siberia only. 15. Cydia gemmiferana (Treitschke) (Tortricidae), two males from Southern Limburg. The occurrence of the Dichrorampha plumbana group is discussed under D. aeratana Pierce & Metcalfe. Dichrorampha alpigenana Heinemann has to be removed from the Dutch list. The fifth known and second Dutch specimen of Bohemannia auriciliella (Joannis) is reported from Limburg.

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van Nieukerken, E., Gielis, C., Huisman, K. J., Koster, J. C., Kuchlein, J. H., van der Wolf, H., & Wolschrijn, J. B. (1993). Nieuwe en interessante Microlepidoptera uit Nederland (Lepidoptera). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen, 5, 47–62.