Swamp Lily family
HYDROCHARITACEAE in Australia
including Blyxaceae, Elodeaceae, Enhalaceae, Halophilaceae, Stratiotaceae, Thalassiaceae, and Vallisneriaceae.
ALISMATIDAE

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Flowers in Australia

Hydrilla verticillata
Water Thyme
Ginger Factory,
Yandina, April 2007

Ottelia ovalifolia
Swamp Lily
Morwell Park, November 1990

A number of caterpillars of Moths in the subfamily NYMPHULINAE of the family CRAMBIDAE are known to be aquatic, and feed on plants in HYDROCHARITACEAE, including:


Parapoynx diminutalis

Ambia ptolycusalis

Margarosticha repetitalis

Theila siennata

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(updated 7 February 2012)