 We described the detection of episodic hemorrhagic disease virus, EHDV, serotype 8 in cattle farms in Sardinia and Sicily in October-November 2022. The virus has a direct origin in North Africa, its genome is identical, greater than 99.9% nucleotide sequence identity, to EHDV serotype 8 strains detected in Tunisia in 2021. This article was authored by Alessio LaRusso, Stefano Cappi, Federica Loy, and others.