BUTOMUS. Flowering-rush. [Butomaceae]

Only one species of Butomus is recorded in Britain, the native Flowering-rush (B. umbellatus).

No Diptera miners are recorded on Butomus in Britain.

Elsewhere the agromyzid Phytoliriomyza ornata bores the stems of Butomus.

No non-Diptera miners are recorded on Butomus in Britain.

A key to the European miners, based on characteristics of the mines, immature stages and where relevant the larval cases, recorded on Butomus is provided in Bladmineerders van Europa. This includes Hydrellia concolor, Bagous nodulosus, and Phytoliriomyza ornata.

Flowering-rush
Butomus umbellatus