''Scopula aspiciens'' 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 ...

of the family

Geometridae The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

. It was described by

Prout Prout may refer to: Surname * Christopher Prout, Baron Kingsland (1942–2009), British politician * Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English composer, music theorist, writer and teacher * Elizabeth Prout (1820–1864), Catholic nun and Servant of Go ...

in 1926. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

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 ...

References

Moths described in 1926 aspiciens Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Scopula-stub