genus

Cockroach

Periplaneta

Field notes

Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as:

Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) – American cockroach

Periplaneta lateralis Walker, 1868 - the Turkestan cockroach

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided