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 Brachymeria euploeae and Brachymeria lasus.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Lymantriinae is a stub.