Dustox (Pokémon)


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Dustox (Japanese: ドクケイル Dokucale) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from starting at level 10. It is one of final forms, the other being.

Biology
Dustox is a moth-like Pokémon with two pairs of wings. It has a purple egg-shaped body with a jagged fringe on its rear. Its tattered, green wings are wide and flat, forming a disc-shape around its body. They have red markings in the form of rings and streaks, a darker green line around the edges, and contain a toxic dust. This Pokémon has two pairs of red, stubby legs and yellow, stylized compound eyes. There is a pair of fuzzy, yellow antennae on top of its head, which are smaller on the female. These antennae are used to seek food. Dustox is nocturnal and is instinctively drawn to light. Swarms are attracted by the bright light of cities where they wreak havoc by stripping the leaves off roadside trees for food. It lives in.

Jessie's Dustox
Jessie's Cascoon evolved into Dustox in Seeing is Believing, which also marked the species' debut. It was used in many Pokémon Contests, eventually earning Jessie her first Ribbon in Team Shocker! after it defeated Kenny's Prinplup in the Battle Stage of the Contest.

Other
A Dustox appeared in Crossing Paths, under the ownership of Austin. He and Jessie their Dustox so they could take part in the Dustox Crossing, a time when several Dustox gather at a lake and pair up before flying over Mt. Coronet towards the Dustox Flower Field, where they start their families.

Minor appearances
A Dustox appeared in A Fan with a Plan.

Multiple Dustox appeared in Crossing Paths, where they participated in the Dustox Crossing.

In Pokémon Generations
A Dustox appeared in The Cavern, where it was flying away from a storm that a Primal  was creating.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Dustox debuted in Distracting Dustox. accidentally grabbed one of its wings, angering it and inciting it to attack. Though the boy initially had a hard time confronting it due to his impartiality towards battling, Mumu eventually felled it with a.

The rented a Dustox, which was stolen by Guile Hideout in The Final Battle VII. It reappeared in a flashback in The Final Battle VIII.

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
Dustox is one of the Pokémon used by random Team Galactic. They first appeared in The Legendary Pokémon, Captured.

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In side games

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Trivia

 * Dustox shares its with . They are both known as the Poison Moth Pokémon.
 * Dustox is the only Pokémon that evolves from a non-Poison-type. Thus, if a   evolves into Dustox, it will keep the status condition.

Origin
Dustox is based on , a Japanese moon moth. Its Shiny coloration may be inspired by moths that mimic dead leaves.

Name origin
Dustox is a combination of dust (referring to how wing scales are powdery) and toxic.

Dokucale may be a combination of 毒蛾 dokuga (poisonous ) and scale (referring to wing scales) or .

Related articles

 * Jessie's Dustox