''Monopis jacobsi'' is a species of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Tineidae. It is found in
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...
. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1967.
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This species has a wingspan of .][Gozmány L. A., 1967b. A collection of Tineid moths from Nigeria. — ''Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' 79(): 145–147.]
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References
Endemic fauna of Nigeria
Moths described in 1967
Tineinae
Moths of Africa
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