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Dubia roach

Blaptica dubia (Serville, 1838)

Status not recordedinsects

The dubia roach (Blaptica dubia) is a species in the family Blaberidae, order Blattodea.

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Quick facts about the dubia roach

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dubia roach live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dubia roach as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the dubia roach endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dubia roach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlaberidae
  6. genusBlaptica
  7. SpeciesBlaptica dubia (Serville, 1838)

Synonyms Blabera claraziana, Blabera dubia, Blabera ligata

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Argentinian wood cockroachEnglish
  • Dubia cockroachEnglish
  • Guyana spotted cockroachEnglish
  • Orange-spotted cockroachEnglish
  • šváb argentinskýCzech
  • アルゼンチンモリゴキブリJapanese
  • Geltondryžis tarakonasLithuanian
  • Argentijnse kakkerlakDutch
  • Barata-dúbiaPortuguese
  • Аргентинский тараканRussian
  • ДубіяUkrainian
  • Тарган аргентинськийUkrainian
  • Тарган дубіяUkrainian
  • Тарган аргентинський лісовийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dubia roach

Other species in the same genus Blaptica.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the dubia roach an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the dubia roach as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the dubia roach?

The dubia roach (Blaptica dubia) belongs to the family Blaberidae in the order Blattodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dubia roach (Blaptica dubia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dubia-roach

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BibTeX
@misc{dubia_roach_2026,
  title = {Dubia roach (Blaptica dubia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dubia-roach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}