The results showed that the effects of fire varied according to herbivore assemblage.  Fire frequency directly influenced herbivore communities on Q. inopina, however indirect effects of fire, such as changes in vegetation density, surrounding landscape heterogeneity, and predator abundances, influenced community structure on Q. geminata and Q. chapmanii.  Damage patterns on host plant species were qualitatively similar across herbivore assemblage, both spatially and temporally.  This study showed that insect herbivore assemblages found on three co-occurring congeners responded differently to fire which may have implications for insect conservation.   For land-managers and restoration biologists interested in using prescribed fires as restoration tools, incorporating specific community-level responses to fire (as well as taxon-level responses) may be required in order to effectively increase local species diversity.