| Choconta | |
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| Choconta circulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Cicadomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cercopoidea |
| Family: | Ischnorhinidae |
| Genus: | Choconta Fennah, 1979 [1] |
| Species [2] | |
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Choconta is a genus of froghoppers in the family Ischnorhinidae. The genus was described first by Fennah in 1979. [1]
The genus is named after the town of Chocontá, Cundinamarca, on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia. Its species are endemic to Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Peru. [3]