Onega is a genus of leafhoppers in the family Cicadellidae.
Description All ten species 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 There are ten recognized species: Onega avella Distant, 1908 Onega bracteata Young, 1977 Onega fassli Young, 1977 Onega freytagi Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004 Onega krameri Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004 Onega musa Ferreira, Lozada & Takiya, 2018 Onega orphne Takiya & Cavichioli, 2004 Onega sanguinicollis (Latreille, 1807) Onega stella Distant, 1908 Onega stipata (Walker, 1851)
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