Insects such as ants, mealy bugs and thrips have been found in 37 out of 43 shipments, which then needed fumigation.Here, we present the entire nucleotide sequence of the mt genome of the plague thrips, Thrips imaginis (Thysanoptera).The most common insect pests of scallions are thrips, which arrive in mid-June and are a particular problem in dry weather, and occasionally cutworms or armyworms.