Native Fauna of the Southern Appalachians
Animal species native to the Southern Appalachian region of the US, including the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and South Carolina.
Photos primarily from the following ecoregions: the Southern Metasedimentary Mountains/Southern Shale Valleys of Georgia, the Southern Ridge and Valley of Georgia, and the Southern Table Plateaus of Alabama.
Flown Kimmerling created this list 7 years ago
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White-dotted Prominent Moth (Nadata gibbosa) -
Eclipsed Oak Dagger (Acronicta increta) -
Angulose Prominent Moth (Peridea angulosa) -
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) -
Red-Fringed Emerald (Nemoria bistriaria) -
White-blotched Heterocampa Moth (Heterocampa umbrata) -
Drexel's Datana Moth (Datana drexelii) -
Walnut Caterpillar Moth (Datana integerrima) -
Deep Yellow Euchlaena (Euchlaena amoenaria) -
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) -
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) -
Basswood Leafroller Moth (Pantographa limata) -
Black-patched Graylet Moth (Hyperstrotia secta) -
Hollow-Spotted Plagodis Moth (Plagodis alcoolaria) -
Large Mossy Lithacodium (Protodeltote muscosula) -
Orange-tufted Oneida Moth (Oneida lunulalis) -
Morning-glory Prominent (Schizura ipomaeae), cinereofrons form -
Fervid Plagodis Moth (Plagodis fervidaria) -
Oak Besma (Besma quercivoraria) -
Small Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia) -
False Underwing Moth (Allotria elonympha) -
Tulip-tree Beauty (Epimecis hortaria) -
Garden Tortrix (Clepsis peritana) -
Grape Leaffolder Moth (Desmia sp.)