Choreutis melanopepla was described by Meyrick in 1880 from Sydney, Australia (see reference to the original description below). The lectotype is deposited at the BMNH (see images).
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith