Takapsestis semiobsoleta is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It is found in Indonesia (Java, Sumatra). The forewings are pearl grey, the subbasal line angled outwards below the costa and forming an oblique black dash near the base of the submedian fold, with a reddish tinge around and below it. The inner line is bigeminate, forming a dark band and the innermost line is divergent and marked with a black spot on vein 1. The outermost line is blackest, oblique and excurved below the middle, then indented. The space beyond is grey with the lines subobsolete and the outer line is treble, marked on the costa mainly and followed at a distance by another equally obscure line, and preceded by a crenulate median line, which passes between the stigmata. The subterminal line is indicated by some black