European occurrence records of the Robinia herbivores Parectopa robiniella, Macrosaccus robiniella and Obolodiplosis robiniella compiled from literature records and personal observations

The dataset represents occurrence data from Europe on three insect herbivores of the black locust, Robinia pseudoacacia. The three herbivores are the two leafminers Parectopa robiniella and Macrosaccus robiniella (both Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), and the gall midge Obolodiplosis robiniae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). The dataset was compiled from literature reporting on first occurrences of the three herbivores in Europe on a country or regional level. The respective reporting literature is mapped to the Darwin Core term "identificationReferences". The Polish records for the two leafminer species are personal observations of Jaroslaw Buszko.