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What is the scientific name of a cockroach?

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Under the Kingdom Animalia, cockroaches belong to the Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta, and Order Blattodea. The Order name is derived from the Greek blatta. read more

The scientific name of the cockroach is Blattaria. bear in mind that each specific cockroach species has it's own scientific subname. Periplaneta americana is the American cockroach. read more

The name"cockroach" comes from the Spanish word for cockroach, cucaracha, transformed by 1620s English folk etymology into"cock" and"roach". The scientific name derives from the Latin blatta,"an insect that shuns the light", which in classical Latin was applied not only to cockroaches, but also to mantids. read more

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