About Zimmermannia bosquella (Chambers, 1878) van Nieukerken et al., 2016
Zimmermannia bosquella has a scientific name that was formally established by van Nieukerken et al. in 2016, originally described by Chambers in 1878. This moth has a wingspan of 9–10 mm. Fully developed larvae appear in October and early November, with adults emerging in May and June of the next year. Its larvae feed on Quercus palustris and mine the leaves of this host plant. This species was previously conflated with the American chestnut moth, which was thought to have gone extinct after the catastrophic near-extinction of American chestnut trees from chestnut blight, linked to the moth's reported synergistic relationship with the tree. Later research found that populations once believed to be the American chestnut moth are actually extant Zimmermannia bosquella.
