Dasychira thwaitesi

Dasychira thwaitesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Dasychira
Species:	D. thwaitesi
Binomial name
	Dasychira thwaitesi; Moore, [1883]
Synonyms
	Dasychira pudica Moore, [1887]; Orgyia thwaitesi C. Swinhoe, 1923;

Dasychira thwaitesi is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1883. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.^[1]

The caterpillar is a minor pest on Camellia sinensis. Caterpillars are primary hosts for many parasitoid wasps such as and .^[2]

References[]

^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
^ "Chalcidoid associates of named taxon". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2018.

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