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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Byrrhidae |
| Genus: | Simplocaria |
| Species: | S. metallica
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| Simplocaria metallica (Sturm, 1807)
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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]
References
edit- ^ "Simplocaria metallica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Simplocaria metallica". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Simplocaria metallica species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam; Jäger, Olaf; Pütz, Andreas (2013). "The Australian Byrrhinae (Coleoptera: Byrrhidae) with descriptions of new genera and species". Zootaxa. 3745 (3): 301–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.1. PMID 25113351.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
External links
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