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Dustox ドクケイル Dokucale
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Type	Bug / Poison
Species	Poison Moth Pokémon
Height	3′11″ (1.2m)
Weight	69.7 lbs. (31.6kg)
Ability	Shield Dust
Egg group	Bug
Time to hatch	3,840 steps
Effort yield	3 SpD
Exp. yield	161 base exp.
Lv100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Green
Catch rate	45
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Dustox (Japanese: ドクケイル Dokucale) is a Bug/Poison-type Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the TCG 4 Game data 4.1 Pokédex entries 4.2 Game locations 4.2.1 In side games 4.3 Base stats 4.4 Type effectiveness 4.5 Learnset 4.5.1 By leveling up 4.5.2 By TM/HM 4.5.3 By breeding 4.6 Side game data 4.7 Evolution 4.8 Sprites 4.9 Trivia 4.9.1 Origin 4.9.1.1 Name origin 4.10 In other languages 5 Related articles 6 External links

Biology

Physiology

Dustox are moth-like Pokémon with purple bodies and usually green wings. These wings have red circles on them and appear tattered. They have yellow antennae and yellow eyes that resemble stylized compound eyes.

Gender differences

A female has smaller antenna than a male.

Special abilities

Dustox's antennae are often used to seek out food, and its wings contain a highly poisonous dust.

Behavior

Habitat

Dustox live in forests, much like its pre-evolutions, Wurmple and Cascoon. In Generation III, they are never seen in the wild, but they can be found that they live in forests in Generation IV.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Jessie's Cascoon evolved into Dustox in Seeing is Believing. It was her primary contest Pokémon. In DP073 she released it.

A shiny Dustox appeared in DP073.

In the TCG

Main article: Dustox (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	Dustox is instinctively drawn to light. Swarms of this Pokémon are attracted by the bright light of cities, where they wreak havoc by stripping the leaves off roadside trees for food.
	Sapphire	When Dustox flaps its wings, a fine dust is scattered all over. This dust is actually a powerful poison that will even make a pro wrestler sick. This Pokémon searches for food using its antennae like radar.
	Emerald	It is a nocturnal Pokémon that flies from fields and mountains to the attraction of streetlights at night. It looses highly toxic powder from its wings.
	FireRed	It scatters horribly toxic dust when it senses danger. They tend to gather in the glow of streetlamps at night.
	LeafGreen	It scatters horribly toxic dust when it senses danger. They tend to gather in the glow of streetlamps at night.
IV	Diamond	A nocturnal Pokémon. Drawn by streetlights, they messily eat the leaves of trees lining boulevards.
	Pearl	It violently flutters its wings to scatter toxic dust when attacked. It becomes active after sunset.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Evolve Cascoon
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Evolve Cascoon
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Trade
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Common	Eterna Forest, Routes 224 and 230 (Pearl only)
	Pokémon Platinum		Unknown
	Pal Park		Forest

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Cascoon
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 9 Endless Level 6 Forever Level 6 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Evolve from Cascoon

Base stats

HP:	60
Attack:	50
Defense:	70
SpAtk:	50
SpDef:	90
Speed:	65

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Flying: 2× Rock: 2× Fire: 2× Psychic: 2×	Fighting: ¼× Poison: ½× Bug: ½× Grass: ¼×	Normal: 1× Ground: 1× Ghost: 1× Steel: 1× Water: 1× Electric: 1× Ice: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Learnset

Dustox is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Level	Generation III	Generation IV
Previous	Tackle String Shot Poison Sting Harden	Tackle String Shot Poison Sting Harden
10	Confusion	Confusion
13	Gust	Gust
17	Protect	Protect
20	Moonlight	Moonlight
24	Psybeam	Psybeam
27	Whirlwind	Whirlwind
31	Light Screen	Light Screen
34	Silver Wind	Silver Wind
38	Toxic	Toxic
41		Bug Buzz

By TM/HM

#	Generation III	Generation IV
TM06	Toxic	Toxic
TM10	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM15	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
TM16	Light Screen	Light Screen
TM17	Protect	Protect
TM19	Giga Drain	Giga Drain
TM21	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	SolarBeam	SolarBeam
TM27	Return	Return
TM29	Psychic	Psychic
TM30	Shadow Ball	Shadow Ball
TM32	Double Team	Double Team
TM36	Sludge Bomb	Sludge Bomb
TM40	Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace
TM42	Facade	Facade
TM43	Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest
TM45	Attract	Attract
TM46	Thief	Thief
TM51		Roost
TM53		Energy Ball
TM58		Endure
TM62		Silver Wind
TM68		Giga Impact
TM70		Flash
TM78		Captivate
TM82		Sleep Talk
TM83		Natural Gift
TM87		Swagger
TM89		U-turn
TM90		Substitute
HM05	Flash	Defog

By breeding

None

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Mist-Rise Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	I get drawn to bright lights. It's in my nature.
26%-50% HP	Um... I guess my HP is down about halfway or so?
1%-25% HP	No more, please... I'm running out of poison powders...
Level Up	I gained a level! My supply of toxic powders grew, too!

Evolution

Basic Wurmple
	Level 7 Cascoon	Level 10 Dustox

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 269.png			Image:Spr 3f 269.png
	Image:Spr 3r 269 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 269 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 269 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 269 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 269 m.png		Image:Spr 4p 269 m.png
			Image:Spr 4p 269 f.png
	Image:Spr 4d 269 m s.png		Image:Spr 4p 269 m s.png			Image:Spr b g4 269 m s.png
			Image:Spr 4p 269 f s.png			Image:Spr b g4 269 f s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Dustox images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Although Dustox clearly flies, it is not part Flying-type nor does it have the ability Levitate. It shares this trait with Beedrill and Venomoth.

Origin

Dustox is based on a moth.

Name origin

Dustox's name is a combination of dust and toxic, or highly poisonous. Its Japanese name is based on 毒蛾 dokuga, poisonous moth. The cale might come from gale, referencing wind, or scale, referencing poisonous wing scales.

In other languages

• German: Pudox
• French: Papinox
• Korean: 독케일 Dokcale

Related articles

• Jessie's Dustox

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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