Description: Wingspan 21-23 mm. Forewings pale brownish grey, giving an overall mottled appearance with poorly defined crosslines. There are small darker blotches along the costa of the forewing that are easily seen in fresh individuals. Hindwings similar in appearance, with the discal spot very weakly defined. End of June to late July. Skinner gives May and June as the normal flight period in Britain.

World Distribution: Common across northern and central Europe east to central Asia and North Africa.

Irish Distribution: Widely distributed in scattered sites throughout southern counties. The most recent records are from Peatlands Park and Dartry Lodge, Armagh, Castlewellan Forest, Down and Gortmaconnell Rock, Fermanagh. There have been no recent records from Favour Royal, Tyrone where it was previously taken by Kane.

Ecology: A species associated with woodland and some upland habitats. The larvae feed from July to September on the flowers of Devil's-bit Scabious Succisa pratensisand Knapweed Centaurea nigra. It overwinters as a pupa.

Key Identification Features:

• Mottled appearance of the forewings
• Dark blotches at the costa of the forewings
• Weakly defined crosslines on forewings and discal spot on hindwings

Distribution Map from NBN: Eupithecia satyrata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Eupithecia satyrata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.