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Venomoth Poison Moth Pokémon モルフォン Morphon #049 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Bug Poison Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Shield Dust or Tinted Lens Cacophony Cacophony Wonder Skin Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Bug Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 4'11" 1.5 m Venomoth 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 27.6 lbs. 12.5 kg Venomoth 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 138 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 158 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Venomoth 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Venomoth (Japanese: モルフォン Morphon) is a dual-type Bug/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Venonat starting at level 31.

Biology

Venomoth is an insectoid creature with a light purple body. It has bulbous, round eyes with large pupils and a small mandible. Its thorax is paler with several black, zigzagging stripes running across the horizontal length. It has six short legs and a three-point crest on its head. Its two pairs of wings are covered in dust-like, purple scales that vary in color depending on their toxic capability. Dark scales are poisonous, while lighter scales can cause paralysis. These scales are released when Venomoth flutters its wings.

Venomoth live in dense forests with much undergrowth and little light. As a nocturnal Pokémon, Venomoth comes out at night to hunt of its favorite prey. It prefers to feed on insects that gather around light, and Venomoth is attracted to bright lights itself.

In the anime

Venomoth in the anime

Major appearances

Koga's Venonat evolved into Venomoth in The Ninja Poké-Showdown. Koga used his Venomoth in a gym battle against Ash battled Pidgeotto but the battle was interrupted by Team Rocket.

Chaz used a Venomoth in the Rustboro City Pokémon Contest in All Things Bright and Beautifly!. It was able to advance to the Battle Stage and reach the final round, where it went up against Janet's Beautifly. Although both Coordinators gave it everything they had, Janet managed to defeat Chaz and won herself the Rustboro Ribbon.

In Shocks and Bonds, Katie battled against Ash using a Venomoth in the Ever Grande Conference. Venomoth's Disable attack caused Torkoal to be unable to use Iron Defense, so that her Golduck could knock out the Coal Pokémon with Hydro Pump. In the following episode, Katie's Venomoth used Disable once again to prohibit Swellow from using Peck. It was eventually defeated by Swellow though.

Minor appearances

At the beginning of Mewtwo Strikes Back, a pirate Trainer by the name of Raymond used a Venomoth to battle alongside his Golem and Pinsir. Raymond's Golem, Pinsir and Venomoth fought Ash's Pikachu and were defeated afterwards.

Venomoth also appeared in The Kangaskhan Kid.

A Venomoth appeared in Round One - Begin! under the ownership of a Pokémon Trainer competing in the Indigo Plateau Conference.

A Trainer named Assunta used one to battle Ritchie in Friends to the End.

A Venomoth had a small cameo in Tracey Gets Bugged as one of the Bug Pokémon on Murcott Island.

A Venomoth belonging to Rudy made a cameo appearance in Misty Meets Her Match.

Multiple Venomoth also appeared in The Power of One.

A Venomoth was seen in a fantasy in The Rivalry Revival.

A Venomoth appeared in Illusion Confusion! as an illusion created by Haunter and Gengar.

In The Bug Stops Here, Jessie dressed as a Venomoth in order to attract Bug types, however this did not work as she scared a real Venomoth away, causing it to use Stun Spore.

A Venomoth also appeared in Celebi: Voice of the Forest.

Multiple Venomoth appeared in the opening of Destiny Deoxys.

A Venomoth appeared in the opening of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Venomoth appeared in The Ole' Berate and Switch! as used by one of the Team Rocket Grunts.

A Coordinator's Venomoth appeared in Staging a Heroes' Welcome! participating in the Performance Stage of the Wallace Cup.

A Venomoth made a cameo in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

A Venomoth appeared on the picture in the gallery museum in A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!.

A Venomoth will appear in M20.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Venomoth in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Venomoth debuts in The Secret of Kangaskhan in the Red, Green & Blue arc where Blue defeats a wild one but doesn't catch it because he already has one. This was the first Pokémon to be shown with a Pokédex entry. Another wild one appears in Wake Up—You’re Snorlax! when Red partakes in the bike race held in Route 11.

In Valiant Venomoth! in the Yellow arc, Sabrina also has a Venomoth. It was used in a battle against Lorelei.

A Venomoth appeared in Skirting Around Surskit I as a rental Pokémon that Guile Hideout stole.

In Interrupting Ivysaur, a Venomoth under the ownership of a Veteran named Beck appeared during Platinum's challenge at the Battle Arcade.

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, a Trainer at the Safari Zone owns one.

Two Venomoth were used by Team Flare in PAXY37.

In the Pokémon Get da ze! manga

Tomio caught a Venomoth but released it as it was a Practice Zone for catching Pokémon.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Venomoth (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Gold Leaf (100%)
Yellow*
Pokémon XD		SilverPowder (100%)
FireRed	LeafGreen	SilverPowder (5%)
Diamond	Pearl	Shed Shell (5%)
Platinum
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Shed Shell (5%)
Black	White	Shed Shell (5%)
Omega Ruby	Alpha Sapphire	Silver Powder (50%)	Shed Shell (5%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

Generation VII Other generations: I - II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM06 TM06 Toxic Poison Status 0000— 090}}90% 10 TM09 TM09 Venoshock Poison Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM10 TM10 Hidden Power Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM15 TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM19 TM19 Roost Flying Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM21 TM21 Frustration Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM22 TM22 Solar Beam Grass Special 120120 100}}100% 10 TM27 TM27 Return Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 20 TM28 TM28 Leech Life Bug Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM29 TM29 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM36 TM36 Sludge Bomb Poison Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 —}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM48 TM48 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM53 TM53 Energy Ball Grass Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM62 TM62 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM68 TM68 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM83 TM83 Infestation Bug Special 02020 100}}100% 20 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM89 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 XTM100 TM100 Confide Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 20

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation VII Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VIII - IX

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Agility Psychic Status — —% 30 Baton Pass Normal Status — —% 40 Bug Bite Bug Physical 60 100% 20 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100% 10 Morning Sun Normal Status — —% 5 Rage Powder Bug Status — —% 20 Screech Normal Status — 85% 40 Secret Power‡ Normal Physical 70 100% 20 Signal Beam Bug Special 75 100% 15 Skill Swap* Psychic Status — —% 10 Toxic Spikes Poison Status — —% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Venomoth in Generation VII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Venomoth in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Venomoth Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Venomoth Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Secretive Forest Phrases 51%-100% HP I'll dump venomous powder on foes with every flap of my wings! 26%-50% HP My health is half gone. 1%-25% HP I'm about to crash... I can barely flap my wings... Level up Yes! I leveled! My toxins powered up, too!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: A
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Battle Trozei Bug Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Bug Attack Power: 60 - 80 0 #751 Sleep Combo Boosts damage done by combos if the foe is asleep.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 140 Base Attack: 179 Base Defense: 150 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Bug Bite*, Infestation*, Confusion Charged Attacks: Poison Fang*, Silver Wind*, Psychic, Bug Buzz

Evolution

Unevolved Venonat  Bug  Poison

Level 31 →

First evolution Venomoth  Bug  Poison

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

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

Trivia

Ken Sugimori artwork of Venomoth from Pokémon Red and Blue

• In early official art of Venomoth, it was shown having yellow spots on the back of its wings. This was removed when later official artwork was released.
• Venomoth shares its category name with Dustox. They are both known as the Poison Moth Pokémon.

Origin

Venomoth's ability to poison its enemies and its type combination suggests that it may have been based on a moth in the Arctiidae family. Its Japanese name may mean it may also have been influenced by the Morphinae subfamily of butterflies; its wings's design seems to be heavily influenced by Morphinads.

Name origin

Venomoth is likely a combination of venom and moth.

Morphon may refer to the butterfly genus, Morpho.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese モルフォン Morphon May refer to the butterfly genus, Morpho French Aéromite From the prefix aero- and mite Spanish Venomoth Same as English name German Omot Shortened version of English name Italian Venomoth Same as English name Korean 도나리 Donari From 독 dok, 날다 nalda, and 이 i Mandarin Chinese 末入蛾 Mòrù'é From 末入 mòrù and 蛾 é. May also be from 粉末 fěnmò Cantonese Chinese 魔魯風 Mōlóuhfūng Transliteration of Japanese name; the last character means wind

More languages Hindi वेनॉमोठ Venomoth Transcription of English name Lithuanian Venomotas From English name Russian Веномот Venomot Transcription of English name

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