From 1973 to 2026, a total of 66 species of harmful arthropods and 21 species of predatory and parasitic arthropods have been recorded in the greenhouses of the Donetsk Botanical Garden. This communication presents original and literature-based data on 16 species of holometabolous insects pests: 1 species of Coleoptera (Curculionidae), 7 species of Lepidoptera from the families Bedelliidae (1), Tortricidae (1), Choreutidae (1), Noctuidae (3), and Sphingidae (1), 2 species of Diptera from the families Drosophilidae (1) and Sciaridae (1), and 6 species of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Of the recorded species, 6 are considered alien invasive. The alien invasive ant Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859) is recorded from the Donbass for the first time. In contrast to insects with incomplete metamorphosis and phytoparasitic mites, holometabolous insects in the greenhouses of the Donetsk Botanical Garden pose considerably less of a threat to plants. Helicoverpa armigera and Choreutis nemorana can be regarded as relatively harmful species.

phytophagous species, pest, Donbass, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Formicidae