text: if "asian" has replaced "oriental" as the politically correct term.... (see below)? ...should we be calling the "oriental cockroach" (blatta orientalis) the "asian cockroah"? if so, what'll we call the current asian cockroach (blattella asahinai)? being pc is intended mainly to not offend people.  not really a matter of fact for zoology.  the name of an item, is rarely at risk of pc police except when it can offend a person.  chances are if for some reason it offends an asian person to call it oriental, then they'll call it say 'psudo-asian-descented cockroach' lol :)