Perlesta ephelida Grubbs & DeWalt, 2012

is widely distributed across the central and eastern United States and frequently occurs in lower elevation midsized streams (Grubbs & DeWalt 2012). This species was collected from a low elevation 4 th order stream in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province of northwestern Georgia and an unspecified location near Ball Ground in the Piedmont Plateau Physiographic Province.

Material examined. Georgia, Catoosa Co., Chickamauga Creek, Ringgold, [N 34.91525, W 85.12374], 14 June 1939, P.W. Fattig, 6♂, 7♀ (INHS); Cherokee Co., Ball Ground [N 34.33727, W 84.37795], 27 June 1932, P.W. Fattig, ♂ (INHS) .