Dactylethrella chionitis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.

[1] It is found in the South African provinces of Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Limpopo.

The forewings are white, becoming pale greyish ochreous posteriorly, with a few fine scattered black scales, towards the apex and termen sprinkled with grey.

The posterior half of the costa has short oblique alternate strigulae of grey suffusion and white and there is a fine white terminal line edged anteriorly by a row of black dots preceded by fuscous suffusion.

[3] This article on a moth of the tribe Chelariini is a stub.