Scopula mollicula

Scopula mollicula is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on Madagascar.[2]

Scopula mollicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Scopula
Species:
S. mollicula
Binomial name
Scopula mollicula
Prout, 1932[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.[3]

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