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The paper summarizes new and literature data on the species composition, trophic relationships, and population dynamics of phyllophagous lepidopterans dominant on woody plants in St. Petersburg and its environs (Russia). Most of these species have concealed larvae (e.g., leaf miners and leaf rollers), and some of them are invasive. The data were accumulated during approximately a hundred years of observations and field collections. Concealed species form the dominant group within the studied complex of phyllophagous moths in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Province (27 species from 13 families). Changes in the composition of dominant pests of the dog rose, bird cherry, elm, poplar, and other woody plants have been recorded. Outbreaks of some species, such as Phyllonorycter salicicolella (Gracillariidae), Archips rosana (Tortricidae), Leucoma salicis, Lymantria monacha, and Orgyia antiqua (Erebidae), were recorded during the XX century but since about 1980 the population density of these species has remained at a very low level. Another group of species, which includes Phyllonorycter populifoliella (Gracillariidae), Batrachedra praeangusta (Batrachedridae), Acleris bergmanniana, and Epinotia abbreviana (Tortricidae), demonstrated a sharp increase in population density in the 1990–2000s, a phenomenon which had not been observed before. The possible causes of such population dynamics are discussed. The dominant species of phyllophagous micro-lepidopterans, including some recent invaders (e.g., Cameraria ohridella and Phyllonorycter issikii, Gracillariidae) and adventive species (e.g., Ph. populifoliella and Ph. acerifoliella, Gracillariidae) pose a serious threat to woody plants in St. Petersburg and Leningrad Province.

In 2018, all the three species of the weevil genus Otiorhynchus Germ.: O. albidus Stierlin, O. asphaltinus Germar, and O. rotundus Marseul, first recorded from St. Petersburg in 2017, were present at approximately the same densities on Syringa vulgaris L. and S. josikaea Jack. in the places where they occurred in 2017.

Eight species of Heteroptera, including one adventive species (Elasmostethus sp.) and one aquatic species (Callicorixa producta), were found on Dolgii Island (the southern tundra subzone). Among the seven indigenous species, six are Holarctic; the distribution of five species is confined to tundra landscapes, and five species are predators. The phytophagous Chlamydatus acanthioides and Nysius groenlandicus are associated with the most humid and the best drained parts of the inland landscape, respectively. The predatory species of the family Saldidae, Chiloxanthus arcticus, Ch. stellatus, Salda littoralis, and Calacanthia trybomi, show specific patterns of distribution among the biotopes with different levels of humidity and salinity. The biotopic preferences of Chiloxanthus species vary significantly within their ranges. The northward expansion of Heteroptera appears to be limited by the mean July isotherm of +3°C.