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What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world?

  • 1. Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • 2. Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania. & remeikis.andrew@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9310-1112
  • 3. Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania. & diskus.biotaxonomy@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-5546
  • 4. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, Russia. & parornix@zin.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-4911
  • 5. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20013-7012, USA. & alma.solis@usda.gov; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6379-1004

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Stonis, Jonas R., Remeikis, Andrius, Diškus, Arūnas, Baryshnikova, Svetlana, Solis, M. Alma (2021): What are the smallest moths (Lepidoptera) in the world? Zootaxa 4942 (2): 269-289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.8

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