''Monopis jacobsi'' is a species of

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 ...

in the family

Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

. It is found in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1967. 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 {{Tineidae-stub