Pondweed family : POTAMOGETONACEAE (ALISMATIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Potamogeton crispus Curly Pondweed Gigerline, ACT, March 2018, Photo courtesy of Michael Bedingfield

Potamogeton ochreatus Blunt Pondweed Morwell Park, Vic, January 2003, Photo courtesy of Ken Harris

The aquatic caterpillars of some Moths in Australia favour species in POTAMOGETONACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Hygraula nitens

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 18 March 2018)