Dysodia is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860.
Description Forewings long. Hindwings with apex acute, the outer margin straight. Palpi thickly scaled, upturned, reaching above vertex of head, the third joint acute. Antennae simple in both sexes. Legs are with hairy femur and tibia. Forewings excurved at veins 2, 3 and 4. Veins 7, 8 and 9 from close to the angle of cell. Hindwings with vein 5 from lower angle of cell. The outer margin is irregular and excised below the apex. Thorax and abdomen is stout.
Species Some species of this genus are: Dysodia amania Whalley, 1968 Dysodia antennata Whalley, 1968 Dysodia binoculata Warren, 1901 Dysodia brandbergensis Thiele, 2004 Dysodia collinsi Whalley, 1968 Dysodia constellata Warren, 1908 Dysodia fenestratella Warren, 1900 Dysodia flavidula Warren, 1908 Dysodia fumida Whalley, 1968 Dysodia hamata Whalley, 1968 Dysodia ignita (Walker, 1865) Dysodia incognita Whalley, 1968 Dysodia intermedia (Walker, 1865) Dysodia lutescens Whalley, 1968 Dysodia magnifica Whalley, 1968 Dysodia meyi Thiele, 2004 Dysodia namibiensis Thiele, 2004 Dysodia parvita Whalley, 1971 Dysodia subsignata Warren, 1908 Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829) Dysodia zellerii (Dewitz, 1881)
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