Dactylethrella tetrametra

Dactylethrella tetrametra is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).

The wingspan is 9-11 mm. The forewings are pale yellow-ochreous, irregularly suffused or marbled with whitish, sprinkled or finely irrorated with fuscous and with four short oblique black marks on the costa from one-fifth to two-third. There is a black dot towards the costa near the base and a blackish dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata is small and black, with the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. There is a small black dot above the dorsum before the tornus and there are several minute scattered black dots in the apical area. The hindwings are grey.