“…They seek to lay eggs on plants that, due to their characteristics (branch diameter, age, height, vigor, nutritional quality, and others), provides greater fitness to their offspring (Paulino-Neto, 2004). Therefore, it is possible that more than one specimen emerged from the same branch or other branches of the same tree, all of which are maternally related (Machado et al, 2020b), as possibly is the case of insects found in Capela de Santana, Encruzilhada do Sul and General Câmara.…”