40 Moths described in 1930

Adaina excreta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Peru (Carabaya), Argentina and Ecuador.

Ambulyx tondanoi is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sulawesi.

Apoctena clarkei is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand, where it is only found on the North Island.

Asterivora fasciata is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Asterivora inspoliata is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Asterivora tristis is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Astrogenes insignita is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1930. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Batrachedra astricta is a species of moth in the family Batrachedridae. It is endemic to New Zealand

Carposina literata is a moth of the Carposinidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Cerodirphia avenata is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found in Costa Rica and Venezuela.

Comostolopsis leuconeura is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1930. It is endemic to Réunion.

Ctenopseustis fraterna, the brownheaded leafroller, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the North Island only. The common name is also used for the related species Ctenopseustis herana and Ctenopseustis obliquana.

Emmelina jason is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil.

Epichorista mimica is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand.

Epiphthora nivea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philpott in 1930. It is found in New Zealand, where it has only been recorded from the Waitākere Ranges.

Eupanacra radians is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sumatra.

Grypotheca triangularis is a moth of the Psychidae family. It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 under the name Talaeporia triangularis. In 1987 John S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Grypotheca. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Hellinsia calais is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil and Costa Rica.

Hellinsia nauarches is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Peru, Argentina and Bolivia.

Hellinsia zetes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Brazil and Costa Rica.

Hippotion talboti is a moth species of the family Sphingidae. It occurs on São Tomé Island.

Holcocera immaculella is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in North America, including Ontario, Quebec, Alabama, Arizona, British Columbia, Florida, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New York and Tennessee.

Kiwaia contraria is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1930. It is found in New Zealand.

Kiwaia parvula is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Philpott in 1930. It is found in New Zealand.

Kupea is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Alfred Philpott in 1930. It contains only one species, Kupea electilis, also known as Kupe’s grassmoth, which is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as Nationally Vulnerable by the Department of Conservation. The female of the species was first discovered in 2012.

Locheutis fusca is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. This species was discovered on 16 January 1930 by Alfred Philpott in the Tongariro National Park. L. fusca was described by him later in that same year. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Manduca reducta is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Peru and Bolivia.

Meridarchis heptaspila is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on New Guinea.

Miltochrista karenkonis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1930. It is found in Taiwan.

Nemophora ahenea is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Japan and Taiwan.

Odites issikii is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Ryoichi Takahashi in 1930. It is found in Japan, Korea, China and Russia.

Orocrambus clarkei is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1930. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is known from Mount Moltke, Minaret Peak, Homer Saddle and the Humboldt Range.

Parasa shirakii is a moth of the family Limacodidae. It is found in Taiwan.

Pyrgotis humilis is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 from a specimen collected by C. E. Clarke on Mount Maungatua in Otago.

Saptha angustistriata is a moth in the family Choreutidae. It was described by Syuti Issiki in 1930. It is found in Taiwan.

Scoparia famularis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Temnora elisabethae is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Congo to Uganda.

Trachypepla festiva is a moth of the family Oecophoridae first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930. It is found in New Zealand.

Trachypepla nimbosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation. This species is only known from its holotype specimen.

Zelleria maculata is an ermine moth species that is endemic to New Zealand. It feeds on Peraxilla tetrapetala as well as Peraxilla colensoi, mistletoe species that are also endemic to New Zealand.