''Scopula mollicula'' 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 Geometridae. It is found on

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

. 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''.Prout, L. B. 1932c. New genera and species of Sterrhinae (Fam. Geometridae). - Novitates Zoologicae 37:229–251
- on page 242

References

mollicula Moths described in 1932 Taxa named by Louis Beethoven Prout Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Scopula-stub