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Granted much of the so called habitat "destruction" has been and is being brought about by all the things you mention but not all. Lots of the more recent work in the past couple of decades is comparing historical (last 200 years or so) changes in various insect taxa occupying habitats around the world. Some of the studies utilizing museum specimens collected in the 19th century have been particularly revealing, but for starters and more to the general point, here is a short 2021 review. This review limited their data to only the last 10 years, but it does very much focus on aspects of our changing climate. Of course the references and appendices go further.
Halsch, C.A. et al. (2021) ‘Insects and recent climate change’, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2), p. e2002543117. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002543117.
Personally, I believe you're fundamentally right thinking that since insects have been around 450 million years or so, they've certainly seen worse. And it's true, they have!! They will be fine. On the other hand, the prospects for humanity's little twig on the tree of life are very stark.
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