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asked:
How small can a moth get?
onenicebugperday
answered:

There is a moth family called Nepticulidae that has some absolutely minuscule species, some with wingspans as small as 2 millimeters. They are usually leaf miners, meaning the caterpillars “mine” between the layers of tissue in leaves for food.

Here is a very tiny friend in this family that has a wingspan of about 3mm, Enteucha acetosae:

Photo by Patrick Clement

Source: onenicebugperday
the other day a kid asked me how small butterflies can get and i panickedi was like so small. like really reallly small you know