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

Flower
Families 		Flowers in Australia
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@outlook.com)
&
Christine Ashe
  
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Hydrilla verticillata
Waterthyme
courtesy of
Coenobita,
Cairns, Qld
November 2018
Ottelia ovalifolia
Swamp Lily
Morwell Park,
November 1990

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


Ambia ptolycusalis

Hygraula nitens

Margarosticha repetitalis

Parapoynx crisonalis

Parapoynx diminutalis

Theila siennata

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(updated 4 January 2013, 12 October 2019, 6 June 2020)