40 CFR § 158.1744 - Cockroaches.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s158.1744"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 158.1744 - Cockroaches."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "158.1744"
section_name: "Cockroaches."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "158"
part_name: "DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR PESTICIDES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "7 U.S.C. 136-136y; 21 U.S.C. 346a."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 60957, Oct. 26, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "158"
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# 158.1744 Cockroaches.
(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 |
| --- | --- |
| | |
| Cockroaches | Testing on two species is required:American cockroach () AND German cockroach (). |
| | |
| American cockroach | American cockroach (). |
| Australian cockroach | Australian cockroach (). |
| Brown cockroach | Brown cockroach (). |
| Brownbanded cockroach | Brownbanded cockroach (). |
| German cockroach | German cockroach (). |
| Oriental cockroach | Oriental cockroach (). |
| Smokybrown cockroach | Smokybrown cockroach (). |
| Turkestan cockroach | Turkestan cockroach (). |