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Urushi cockroach

Periplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969

Status not recordedinsects

The urushi cockroach (Periplaneta japanna) is a species in the family Blattidae, order Blattodea.

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Quick facts about the urushi 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 urushi cockroach live?

Not recorded

Is the urushi 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 urushi cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlattidae
  6. genusPeriplaneta
  7. SpeciesPeriplaneta japanna Asahina, 1969
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • ウルシゴキブリJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the urushi cockroach

Other species in the same genus Periplaneta.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the urushi cockroach?

The urushi cockroach (Periplaneta japanna) belongs to the family Blattidae in the order Blattodea.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Urushi cockroach (Periplaneta japanna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/urushi-cockroach

MLA

“Urushi cockroach (Periplaneta japanna).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/urushi-cockroach.

BibTeX
@misc{urushi_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Urushi cockroach (Periplaneta japanna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/urushi-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}