In July 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 1702 data deficient insect species.
[1] Of all evaluated insect species, 28% are listed as data deficient.
This is a complete list of data deficient insect species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN.
There are 50 species in the order Orthoptera assessed as data deficient.
There are 87 species in the order Lepidoptera assessed as data deficient.