Monopis jacobsi

Monopis jacobsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Monopis
Species: M. jacobsi
Binomial name
Monopis jacobsi
Gozmány, 1967

Monopis jacobsi is a species of moth in the Tineidae family. It is found in Nigeria. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1967.

This species has a wingspan of about 10 mm. The forewings are argillaceous yellow, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous, densest in the apical area. There is a rather large oval hyaline (glassy) spot in the exact centre of the wing. The hindwings are medium grey with a yellowish sheen.[1]

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