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Green cockroach

Panchlora exoleta Burmeister, 1838

Status not recordedinsects

The green cockroach (Panchlora exoleta) is a species in the family Blaberidae, order Blattodea.

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Quick facts about the green cockroach

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 green cockroach live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Poland

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 green cockroach 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 green cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlaberidae
  6. genusPanchlora
  7. SpeciesPanchlora exoleta Burmeister, 1838

Synonyms Panchlora punctum

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the green cockroach

Other species in the same genus Panchlora.

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Common questions

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Is the green cockroach an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the green cockroach?

The green cockroach (Panchlora exoleta) 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). Green cockroach (Panchlora exoleta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-cockroach

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BibTeX
@misc{green_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Green cockroach (Panchlora exoleta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}