A new firefly-mimicking lichen moth of the genus , Palting & Ferguson, , is described from the mountains of east-central Arizona and the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Hübner, 1831 is a North American genus of lithosiine tiger moths, previously consisting of five species: Hübner, 1831 and (Kirby, 1837), both of eastern and central North America; Strecker, 1878 from the Rocky Mountains into New Mexico and west Texas; H. Edwards, 1882, a widespread western USA species and Dyar, 1907 from the vicinity of Mexico City. The latter is herein synonymized under (= ), resulting in the total number of taxa in the genus unchanged at five.

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