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 Donetsk Botanical Garden. This communication provides original and literature-based data on 20 species of scale insects (Coccoidea) from the families Coccidae (5), Diaspididae (7), Pseudococcidae (6) and Rhizoecidae (2), as well as 3 species of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), 1 species of earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae) and 1 species of orthopteran (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). For the first time for the Donbass the following species are recorded: Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus, 1758), Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley, 1899), Vryburgia amaryllidis (Bouche, 1837), Hercinothrips femoralis (Reuter, 1891) and Parthenothrips dracaenae (Heeger, 1854). Of the recorded species, 23 are considered alien invasive. Noteworthy dangerous pests, whose populations require control, include Coccus hesperidum, Aspidiotus nerii, Chrysomphalus aonidum, Planococcus citri (P. ficus) and Spilococcus mamillariae. Significant damage can also be caused periodically by the thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, Hercinothrips femoralis and Parthenothrips dracaenae.

Gubin A.I., Martynov V.V., Nikulina T.V.