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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ovoviviparous Cockroaches (Blaberidae) » Panchlora » Green Banana Cockroach (Panchlora nivea)

Species Panchlora nivea - Green Banana Cockroach

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Blattodea (Cockroaches and Termites)
Superfamily Blaberoidea
Family Blaberidae (Ovoviviparous Cockroaches)
Genus Panchlora
Species nivea (Green Banana Cockroach)
Other Common Names
Cuban Cockroach
Explanation of Names
Panchlora nivea (Linnaeus 1758)
nivea = 'snowy'
Size
usually 20-25 mm; rarely up to 50 mm
Identification
adult is bright light green with thin yellow margin on pronotum and anterior half of elytra; face white; top of head dark brown
nymph is brown or black
Range
native to the Neotropics and very widespread there, probably adventive in our area (VA-FL-TX)(1); common in TX
Habitat
trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, piles of leaves, mulch, lumber piles, firewood piles; rarely found indoors and not normally considered a pest
Remarks
nocturnal, comes to lights; does not breed indoors; popular as a pet
Print References
Roth LM, Willis ER (1957) The biology of Panchlora nivea, with observations on the eggs of other Blattaria. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 83: 195–207.
Works Cited
1.Beccaloni G.W. (2007‒2023) Cockroach species file
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 15 September, 2005 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 March, 2018 - 7:08pm

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