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Tawny cockroach

Ectobius pallidus (Olivier, 1789)

Status not recordedinsects

The tawny cockroach (Ectobius pallidus) is a species in the family Ectobiidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United Kingdom.

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Quick facts about the tawny 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the tawny cockroach live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The tawny cockroach is listed for 1 country.

United Kingdom
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. United States

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 tawny 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 tawny cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyEctobiidae
  6. genusEctobius
  7. SpeciesEctobius pallidus (Olivier, 1789)

Synonyms Blatta livida, Blatta pallida, Ectobia livida, Ectobius livens, Ectobius lividus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Spotted Mediterranean cockroachEnglish
  • Blasse SchabeGerman
  • Bleke kakkerlakDutch
  • zadomka bladaPolish
  • Blasse WaldschabeGerman
  • Bleiche WaldschabeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tawny cockroach

Other species in the same genus Ectobius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the tawny cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the tawny cockroach for 1 country: United Kingdom. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the tawny cockroach an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the tawny cockroach?

The tawny cockroach (Ectobius pallidus) belongs to the family Ectobiidae 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). Tawny cockroach (Ectobius pallidus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tawny-cockroach

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BibTeX
@misc{tawny_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Tawny cockroach (Ectobius pallidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tawny-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}