[4] The female's short tegmina end around the second dorsal segment, and are colored slightly lighter than the rest of the body.

The distribution of the species is the Eastern United States, including Alabama, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

[7] As with many cockroaches, the female Parcoblatta lata emits pheromones to find mates, a process termed calling.

[8] P. lata produces volatile, long-distance pheromones, attracting the males which can fly to the female's location.

The 12 species of the genus Parcoblatta are theorized to produce species-specific blends of pheromones, although there may be other species-isolating mechanisms of attraction such as time or location.