Appearance
Dustox is a moth with a purple, egg-shaped body and a jagged rear. Two pairs of tattered green wings form a disc, marked red and full of toxic dust.
#269
Dustox
Poison Moth Pokémon
BugPoison
- Height
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 31.6 kg
- Generation
- 3
- Region
- Hoenn
Dustox is a Bug / Poison-type Pokémon, No. 269 in the National Pokédex, introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn region).
« Tends to be drawn to bonfires on dark nights. Difficult to chase away from settlements because of the way it scatters highly toxic scales. »
Its story
Lifestyle
At night it lives in forests, fields, and mountains, and city lights draw swarms that strip the trees. It evolves from Cascoon and is Wurmple's final form.
In the anime
Jessie's Cascoon becomes Dustox and wins her first Ribbon by beating Kenny's Prinplup. She later releases it to join the Dustox Crossing.
Name origin
Dustox may blend dust, the powder moths leave, and toxic. Green wings and a nocturnal life suggest the Japanese luna moth.
Did you know?
- Its toxic scales can sicken a professional wrestler.
- Its poison may come from plants it ate as a larva.
- Goh's three Cascoon evolve into Dustox.
Found in the Pokédex of:
HoennSinnohHisui
In other languages
Papinox
Pudox
ドクケイル독케일毒粉蛾