LORQUIN'S ADMIRAL (Laments lorquini)
 
Flight Period: Multiple brooded all seasons in warm climates. The lorquin admiral larvae overwinter as a young larva inside a curled leaf (hibernaculum).  The larvae emerge in the spring and continue their life cycle through November.  It is a showy insect named after the French collector Pierre Lorquin.
 
Range: Mainly Upper Sonoran to Canadian Zone mountain canyons and deciduous woods. 
 
Common Host Plants: Tree and shrubs; Salicaceae, Populus, Rosaceae and Rhamnaceae.
 
Wing Span: 2-1/4" - 2-3/4" (57 - 70 mm)