Scopula mollicula explained

Scopula mollicula is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Madagascar.[1]

This species is similar to Scopula caducaria (Swinhoe, 1904) in size, shape and coloration but less glossy.Both wings bear a strong cell-dot, median and postmedian lines of the forewings are placed more distally than in S.caducaria.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/SCOPMOLL Afro Moths
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22933#page/272/mode/1up Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251