title: Onega (leafhopper)
text: # 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)
  