Zimmermannia

Guides

• Zimmermannia

  Zimmermannia is a genus of minute moths in the family Nepticulidae, established by Hering in 1940. The genus is distributed in the Western Palaearctic region and contains nine recognized species. Species are characterized by leaf-mining and bark-mining larval habits. The genus was historically treated as a subgenus of Ectoedemia but is now recognized as distinct.

  Nepticulidaeleaf-minerbark-minerWestern-PalaearcticmicrolepidopteraZimmermanniaEctoedemiaHering-1940genusLepidopteramining-moth

• Zimmermannia bosquella

  American Chestnut Moth

  Zimmermannia bosquella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in the eastern United States. It was formerly known as Nepticula bosquella and is now classified as conspecific with the American chestnut moth, which was once considered extinct. The species is associated with American chestnut.

  mothleaf-minerendangered-associatedeastern-USNepticulidaeZimmermannia