Onega (leafhopper)
# Onega (leafhopper)

Onega is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae.

## Description

All nine described species of the Genus Onega are comparably large leafhoppers with a size between 12.4 and 16.8 Millimeters. The pronotum of Onega is typically wider than the head and the Scutellum is swollen.

## Distribution

Onega occurs in the Andean rainforests of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. Old records of Onega from the Caribbean islands are now believed to have been mislabelled.

## Species

* Onega avella Distant, 1908
* Onega bracteata Young, 1977
* Onega fassli Young, 1977
* Onega freytagi Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
* Onega krameri Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
* Onega orphne Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004
* Onega sanguinicollis (Latreille, 1807)
* Onega stella Distant, 1908
* Onega stipata (Walker, 1851)
