Dasychira

Dasychira is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1809. They are well distributed all over Africa, Europe, North America, Madagascar, Japan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java and Australia.
Description
Palpi porrect (extending forward), and second joint is heavily haired. Antennae with long branches in male and short in female. Legs hairy. Forewings with oblique outer margin. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 5 from close to angle of cell. Veins 6 and 7 stalked.
Species
Dasychira achatina Hering, 1926
Dasychira acronyctina Schultze, 1934
Dasychira aeana Collenette, 1931
Dasychira aenotata Tams, 1930
Dasychira aeschra (Hampson, 1926)
Dasychira aethalodes Collenette, 1931
Dasychira albescens Moore, 1879
Dasychira albiapex Hering, 1926
Dasychira albibasalis (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira albicostata (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira albilinea (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira albilunulata (Karsch, 1895)
Dasychira albinotata (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira albiplaga Swinhoe, 1908
Dasychira alboschistacea Rothschild, 1915
Dasychira albosignata Holland, 1893
Dasychira albospargata (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira allotria Hering, 1926
Dasychira amydropa Collenette, 1960
Dasychira anaha Swinhoe, 1906
Dasychira anasses Collenette, 1937
Dasychira andulo Collenette, 1936
Dasychira anoista Collenette, 1960
Dasychira antica (Walker, 1855)
Dasychira aphanes Collenette, 1938
Dasychira aphanta Collenette, 1960
Dasychira apicata (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira aprepes Collenette, 1956
Dasychira arctioides (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira argiloides (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira aridela Collenette, 1956
Dasychira astraphaea Collenette, 1931
Dasychira atrivenosa (Palm, 1873)
Dasychira azelota Collenette, 1933
Dasychira basiflava (Packard, [1865]) – yellow-based tussock moth
Dasychira celaenica Collenette, 1955
Dasychira cinnamomea (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – cinnamon tussock moth
Dasychira colini (Mabille, 1893)
Dasychira dominickaria Ferguson, 1978
Dasychira dorsipennata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1919) – sharp-lined tussock moth
Dasychira griseata (Rothschild, 1915)
Dasychira grisefacta (Dyar, 1911)
Dasychira groetscheli Bryk, 1934
Dasychira hadromeres Collenette, 1955
Dasychira ibele Collenette, 1955
Dasychira leucophaea (Smith, 1797)
Dasychira manto (Strecker, 1900) – Manto tussock moth
Dasychira matheri Ferguson, 1978
Dasychira meridionalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – southern tussock moth
Dasychira mescalera Ferguson, 1978
Dasychira moerens Felder, 1894
Dasychira nigrita (Rothschild, 1915)
Dasychira obliquata (Grote & Robinson, 1866) – streaked tussock moth
Dasychira pinicola (Dyar, 1911) – pine tussock moth
Dasychira plagiata (Walker, 1865) – northern pine tussock moth
Dasychira plagosa Rothschild, 1915
Dasychira rana Collenette, 1932
Dasychira sagittiphora Hering, 1926
Dasychira satelles Collenette, 1939
Dasychira saussurei Dewitz, 1881
Dasychira scaea Collenette, 1953
Dasychira scotina Hering, 1926
Dasychira scurra Hering, 1926
Dasychira selene Schultze, 1934
Dasychira selenitica (Esper, 1783)
Dasychira semlikiensis Collenette, 1939
Dasychira solida (Karsch, 1895)
Dasychira sordida (Möschler, 1887)
Dasychira soyensis Collenette, 1939
Dasychira spargata Hering, 1926
Dasychira sphalera Hering, 1926
Dasychira sphaleroides Hering, 1926
Dasychira statheuta Collenette, 1937
Dasychira stegmanni Grünberg, 1910
Dasychira striata (Holland, 1893)
Dasychira strigidentata Bethune-Baker, 1911
Dasychira stygis Collenette, 1936
Dasychira styx Bethune-Baker, 1911
Dasychira tephra Hübner, [1809] – tephra tussock moth
Dasychira thwaitesi Moore, [1883]
Dasychira vagans (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) – variable tussock moth
References
Lymantriinae
Moth genera