Simplocaria metallica is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.[1][2][3]

Simplocaria metallica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Byrrhidae
Genus: Simplocaria
Species:
S. metallica
Binomial name
Simplocaria metallica
(Sturm, 1807)


S. metallica is an obligate herbivore, often feeding from three main moss species: Pohlia filum, Ceratodon purpureus, and Bryum arcticum. Data suggests that this diet is shared between males and females, preferring the moss genera, Pohlia.[4]

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  1. ^ "Simplocaria metallica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Simplocaria metallica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Hågvar, Sigmund; Pedersen, Arne (2015-08-01). "Food Choice of Invertebrates During Early Glacier Foreland Succession". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 47 (3): 561–572. doi:10.1657/AAAR0014-046. ISSN 1523-0430.

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