hydro camp a

[Pref. hydro- (1), and Lat. campe Gr.kampē =a caterpillar.] Entom.: The typical genus of the family Hydrocampidæ (q. v.). Hydro camp a nymphœata is the Brown China Mark, and H. stagnata the Beautiful China Mark. hy-dro-căm-pi-dæ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. hydro camp(a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Entom.: A family of moths, group Pyralid in a. The antenne of the male are simple, the abdomen rather long, slender, and the wings silky, but not transparent. The larvæ feed below the water on duckweed, water-lilies, and pond-weeds.