(a) General. The table in this section applies to cockroaches. The product labeling claim determines the required test species. The required test species for a labeling claim appears in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) Test species. For products making a claim against cockroaches, the required test species for a labeling claim for cockroaches and the test species for pest-specific label claims appear in the following table.
Table 1 to Paragraph (b)—Required Test Species for Products Making a Claim Against Cockroaches
| Labeling claim
| Required test species
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| Pest Group Claims
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| Cockroaches | Testing on two species is required:
American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) AND German cockroach (Blattella germanica).
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| Pest-Specific Claims
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| American cockroach | American cockroach (Periplaneta americana).
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| Australian cockroach | Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae).
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| Brown cockroach | Brown cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea).
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| Brownbanded cockroach | Brownbanded cockroach (Supella longipalpa).
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| German cockroach | German cockroach (Blattella germanica).
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| Oriental cockroach | Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis).
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| Smokybrown cockroach | Smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa).
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| Turkestan cockroach | Turkestan cockroach (Blatta lateralis). |