Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths in the Erebidae family. They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.
Palpi porrect, and second joint is heavily haired. Antennae with long branches in male and short in female. Legs hairy. Fore wings with oblique outer margin. Hind wings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.
Some species of this genus are:
Dasychira abietis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)Dasychira achatina Hering, 1926Dasychira acronyctina Schultze, 1934Dasychira aeana Collenette, 1931Dasychira aenotata Tams, 1930Dasychira aeschra (Hampson, 1926)Dasychira aethalodes Collenette, 1931Dasychira albescens Moore, 1879Dasychira albiapex Hering, 1926Dasychira albibasalis (Holland, 1893)Dasychira albicostata (Holland, 1893)Dasychira albilinea (Holland, 1893)Dasychira albilunulata (Karsch, 1895)Dasychira albinotata (Holland, 1893)Dasychira albiplaga Swinhoe, 1908Dasychira alboschistacea Rothschild, 1915Dasychira albosignata Holland, 1893Dasychira albospargata (Holland, 1893)Dasychira allotria Hering, 1926Dasychira amydropa Collenette, 1960Dasychira anaha Swinhoe, 1906Dasychira anasses Collenette, 1937Dasychira andulo Collenette, 1936Dasychira anoista Collenette, 1960Dasychira antica (Walker, 1855)Dasychira aphanes Collenette, 1938Dasychira aphanta Collenette, 1960Dasychira apicata (Holland, 1893)Dasychira aprepes Collenette, 1956Dasychira arctioides (Holland, 1893)Dasychira argiloides (Holland, 1893)Dasychira aridela Collenette, 1956Dasychira astraphaea Collenette, 1931Dasychira asvata Moore, 1859Dasychira azelota Collenette, 1933Dasychira atrivenosa (Palm, 1873)Dasychira basiflava (Packard, [1865]) – Yellow-based Tussock MothDasychira celaenica Collenette, 1955Dasychira cinnamomea (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Cinnamon Tussock MothDasychira dominickaria Ferguson, 1978Dasychira dorsipennata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1919) – Sharp-lined Tussock MothDasychira griseata (Rothschild, 1915)Dasychira grisefacta (Dyar, 1911)Dasychira groetscheli Bryk, 1934Dasychira hadromeres Collenette, 1955Dasychira ibele Collenette, 1955Dasychira leucophaea (Smith, 1797)Dasychira manto (Strecker, 1900) – Manto Tussock MothDasychira matheri Ferguson, 1978Dasychira meridionalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – Southern Tussock MothDasychira mescalera Ferguson, 1978Dasychira nigrita (Rothschild, 1915)Dasychira obliquata (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – Streaked Tussock MothDasychira pinicola (Dyar, 1911) – Pine Tussock MothDasychira plagiata (Walker, 1865) – Northern Pine Tussock MothDasychira plagosa Rothschild, 1915Dasychira rana Collenette, 1932Dasychira sagittiphora Hering, 1926Dasychira satelles Collenette, 1939Dasychira saussurei Dewitz, 1881Dasychira scaea Collenette, 1953Dasychira scotina Hering, 1926Dasychira scurra Hering, 1926Dasychira selene Schultze, 1934Dasychira selenitica (Esper, 1783)Dasychira semlikiensis Collenette, 1939Dasychira solida (Karsch, 1895)Dasychira sordida (Möschler, 1887)Dasychira soyensis Collenette, 1939Dasychira spargata Hering, 1926Dasychira sphalera Hering, 1926Dasychira sphaleroides Hering, 1926Dasychira statheuta Collenette, 1937Dasychira stegmanni Grünberg, 1910Dasychira striata (Holland, 1893)Dasychira strigidentata Bethune-Baker, 1911Dasychira stygis Collenette, 1936Dasychira styx Bethune-Baker, 1911Dasychira tephra Hübner, [1809] – Tephra Tussock MothDasychira vagans (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – Variable Tussock Moth
