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In case it is of interest to read the article "What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world?"

"This publication was inspired by a discussion at the science portal ResearchGate.net (García-Barros et al. 2016). Enrique García-Barros (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) raised the question: “What is the smallest moth in the world?”. He wrote that we are “more impressed by the higher figures (the oldest tree, the heaviest vertebrate...) than by the minima” and often we “read about the largest moths, Thysania, Attacus” (García-Barros et al. 2016), but not the smallest moths. In the specialized literature on Lepidoptera, the superfamily Nepticuloidea comprises some of the smallest Lepidoptera known (Davis 1999; Davis & Stonis 2007; Stonis et al. 2020d). Moreover, in Nepticulidae, or pygmy moths, their size has been emphasized, i.e., containing “some of the smallest lepidopterans” (Scoble 1983) or calling nepticulids “the smallest lepidopterans in the world” (Puplesis 1994; Diškus & Stonis 2012; Stonis et al. 2020c). Recently, David C. Lees (The Natural History Museum, London) in a published interview stated that the Mexican Stigmella maya Remeikis & Stonis and the smallest British nepticulid species, Johanssoniella acetosae (Stainton), are the smallest moths (Pavid 2016).For the record, we provide a measurement update for Stigmella maya, discuss the world’s tiniest moths, and, as an example of pygmy moths, describe one new species, Stigmella incaica Diškus & Stonis, sp. nov., an Andean nepticulid species with a forewing length that ranges from 1.75 to 1.95 mm (and wingspan from 3.8 to 4.3 mm)."

Reference:
Stonis, Jonas & Remeikis, Andrius & Diškus, Arūnas & Baryshnikova, Svetlana & Solis, Maria. (2021). What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world?. Zootaxa. 4942. 269-289. 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.8. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4942.2.8

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