Abacion magnum (Loomis, 1943)

Spirostrephon magnum Loomis, 1943, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoöl. Harvard Coll., 92 (7): 388, figs 8 a–b. Male HT (MCZ) from Monte Sano State Park, east of Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA.

Spirostrephon lactarium: Chamberlin, 1946, Entomol. News, 57 (6): 149. Chamberlin, 1947, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 99: 21. Chamberlin, 1951, Great Basin Natur., 11 (1–2): 30.

Spirostrephon highlandensis Hoffman, 1950, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc., 66: 17, figs 5–6. Male HT (USNM) from Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina. Synonymized by Shelley (1984).

Abacion magnum: Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 212: 109. Shelley, 1984, Can. J. Zool., 62: 984, figs 7–9. Hoffman, 1999, Checklist Millip. North & Middle Am.: 197.

Abacion magnum highlandense: Chamberlin & Hoffman, 1958, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 212: 109.

Range: Appalachian mountain system and adjacent lowlands: central Alabama to central western New York; Piedmont

of North and South Carolina, and Coastal Plain of the latter (cf. Hoffman 1999).