Damage data for 5 sympatric lepidopteran defoliators in Hungary

Data analysed reported here consists of annual records of area defoliated by fives species feeding on broadleaf trees in Hungary. The time series in the data file are comprised of annual values of total damage across Hungary of forest areas (in hectares) with defoliation exceeding 20% reduction of all foliage. The species that are recorded are lymantria dispar, euproctis chrysorrhoea, tortrix viridana, thaumetopoea processionea, malacosoma neustria