The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

BOLBOSCHOENUS. Sea Club-rush. [Cyperaceae]


Only one species of Bolboschoenus is recorded in Britain, the native Sea Club-rush (B. maritimus)

No miners are recorded on Bolboschoenus in Britain or elsewhere.

The tortricid Bactra robustana is recorded a a stem borer on Bolboschoenus.

A key to the European miners recorded on Scirpus including Bolboschoenus is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa.



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