As a group, Homoptera was the most broadly distributed over plant species. Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Psocoptera and Thysanoptera showed a narrower distribution. Nolana divaricata, Baccharis petiolata, Heliotropium taltalense. Nicotiana solanifolia, A triplex atacamensis, Fabiana densa, Baccharis incarum, Nolana crassulifolia, Haplopappus rigidus, Cortaderia atacamensis, Eremocharis fruticosa, Atriplex leuca, standed out by their arthropods species richness. In relation to plant damage produced by phytophagy, 25 plant species were affected by defoliation, mining or cecidia forming insects, the latest being the most relevant. Sucking phytophagy, the most important of phytophagy, was evaluated through the high abundance of insects belonging to this functional class (Homoptera, Hemiptera. Thysanoptera) presented in all ecological zones, and mainly in DL and TM.