Macrophya montana is a sawfly (order Hymenoptera, family Tenthredinidae).

[1] This common species is widespread in most of Europe[2] and it is also present in North Africa, Turkey and Iran.

It prefers forest edges, thickets and slopes and occurs in a wide range of elevations above sea level.

On the seventh, sometimes also on the fourth, there are small yellow spots on the sides.

[3] The larvae are monophagous and develop on the leaves of blackberries and raspberries (Rubus fruticosus).