''Micralarctia semipura'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It was described by

Max Bartel Max Bartel (1879 – 2 July 1914, Nürnberg) was a German entomologist. Max Bartel was an insect dealer (Insektenhändler) in Berlin. He specialised in Lepidoptera. He edited ''Die palaearktischen Grossschmetterlinge und ihre Naturgeschichte'' ...

in 1903. It is found in

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

References

* Endemic fauna of Tanzania Spilosomina Moths described in 1903 {{Spilosomina-stub