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#0269 · Hoenn · Generation 3

# Dustox

Poison Moth Pokémon · Bug/Poison-type

![Dustox official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/269.webp)

Dustox is a [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug)/[Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison)-type Pokémon, the Poison Moth Pokémon, number 269 (#0269) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the [Hoenn](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/hoenn) region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 31.6 kg.

Dustox is the Poison Moth Pokémon, a nocturnal moth that swarms around streetlights, and the Pokédex says the dust from its wings is so toxic it can make even a pro wrestler sick.

## How to pronounce Dustox

Dustox is pronounced **DUS-toks**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Dustox said out loud:

[Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/269.mp3)

In Japanese it is ドクケイル (Dokucale).

Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce).

## Lore

### Biology

Dustox is a purple, egg-shaped moth with wide, tattered green wings marked with red rings and streaks, yellow compound eyes and fuzzy yellow antennae. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 31.6 kg. The Pokédex says it uses its antennae like radar to search for food, and Bulbapedia says the female's antennae are smaller.

### Behaviour

Dustox is nocturnal and instinctively drawn to light. Swarms gather at bright city lights, and the Pokédex says they are hard to drive away from settlements because of the toxic scales they scatter. In Legends: Arceus it is drawn to bonfires on dark nights.

### Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is Forest, and the Emerald entry says it flies in from fields and mountains toward streetlights at night.

### Diet

It eats the leaves of the trees lining city roads.

### Powers

Dustox learns Confusion, Psybeam, Poison Powder, Venoshock, Toxic, Moonlight and Quiver Dance. Shield Dust blocks the extra effects of moves that hit it, and Compound Eyes, its Hidden Ability, raises accuracy. With 90 base Special Defense it is a bulky support Pokémon.

### Name origin

Dustox may combine 'dust' and 'toxic'. The Japanese name is Dokucale (ドクケイル), possibly from doku ('poison') or dokuga ('poisonous moth') plus 'scale'.

### Design inspiration

Dustox looks modelled on the Japanese luna moth, judging by its green wings, night-time habits and the Moonlight in its learnset. Its Poison type may recall moths that keep toxins from the plants they ate as larvae.

### Evolution notes

Dustox evolves from Cascoon at level 10.

### In the games

Players get Dustox by evolving Cascoon in Ruby and Sapphire, where it debuted. In Legends: Arceus it appears in the Obsidian Fieldlands and Cobalt Coastlands, and Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and Legends: Z-A.

### In the anime

Jessie's Cascoon becomes a Dustox in 'Seeing is Believing', and it earned her first Ribbon in 'Team Shocker!'. In 'Crossing Paths', Jessie and Austin release their Dustox so they can join the Dustox Crossing, a yearly meet-up beside a lake before the moths fly over Mt. Coronet.

### Fun facts

- At 385, its base total is the lowest of any final stage in a three-stage line in the game data.
- In the web series Pokémon Generations, a wild Dustox flies away from the storm created by Primal Kyogre in 'The Cavern'.
- Bulbapedia says its Shiny colours resemble the Japanese silk moth.

Sources: [Bulbapedia: Dustox (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dustox_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Dustox (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/dustox/)

## Base stats

- HP: **60**
- Attack: **50**
- Defense: **70**
- Sp. Atk: **50**
- Sp. Def: **90**
- Speed: **65**

Dustox’s base stat total is **385**. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

## Type matchups

### What is Dustox weak to?

Dustox takes extra damage from [Fire](https://pokee.si/types/fire) (2×), [Flying](https://pokee.si/types/flying) (2×), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/types/psychic) (2×), [Rock](https://pokee.si/types/rock) (2×) moves.

It resists [Grass](https://pokee.si/types/grass) (¼×), [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (¼×), [Poison](https://pokee.si/types/poison) (½×), [Bug](https://pokee.si/types/bug) (½×), [Fairy](https://pokee.si/types/fairy) (½×).

## Evolution

### What does Dustox evolve from?

Dustox evolves from [Cascoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cascoon) at level 10.

Dustox is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: [Wurmple](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wurmple), [Silcoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/silcoon), [Beautifly](https://pokee.si/pokemon/beautifly), [Cascoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cascoon), **Dustox**.

- [Wurmple](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wurmple) evolves into [Silcoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/silcoon) at level 7 (50% chance).
- [Silcoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/silcoon) evolves into [Beautifly](https://pokee.si/pokemon/beautifly) at level 10.
- [Wurmple](https://pokee.si/pokemon/wurmple) evolves into [Cascoon](https://pokee.si/pokemon/cascoon) at level 7 (50% chance).

## Abilities

- [Shield Dust](https://pokee.si/abilities/shield-dust): Protects against incoming moves' extra effects.
- [Compound Eyes](https://pokee.si/abilities/compound-eyes) (hidden ability): Increases moves' accuracy to 1.3×.

## Moves

### Moves Dustox learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon

| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Evo | [Gust](https://pokee.si/moves/gust) | Flying | Special | 40 |
| 1 | [Gust](https://pokee.si/moves/gust) | Flying | Special | 40 |
| 12 | [Confusion](https://pokee.si/moves/confusion) | Psychic | Special | 50 |
| 15 | [Poison Powder](https://pokee.si/moves/poison-powder) | Poison | Status | — |
| 17 | [Moonlight](https://pokee.si/moves/moonlight) | Fairy | Status | — |
| 20 | [Venoshock](https://pokee.si/moves/venoshock) | Poison | Special | 65 |
| 22 | [Psybeam](https://pokee.si/moves/psybeam) | Psychic | Special | 65 |
| 25 | [Silver Wind](https://pokee.si/moves/silver-wind) | Bug | Special | 60 |
| 27 | [Light Screen](https://pokee.si/moves/light-screen) | Psychic | Status | — |
| 30 | [Whirlwind](https://pokee.si/moves/whirlwind) | Normal | Status | — |
| 32 | [Toxic](https://pokee.si/moves/toxic) | Poison | Status | — |
| 35 | [Bug Buzz](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-buzz) | Bug | Special | 90 |
| 37 | [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect) | Normal | Status | — |
| 40 | [Quiver Dance](https://pokee.si/moves/quiver-dance) | Bug | Status | — |

“Evo” means Dustox learns the move the moment it evolves: [Gust](https://pokee.si/moves/gust).

### TM moves (30)

Dustox can learn 30 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: [Toxic](https://pokee.si/moves/toxic), [Venoshock](https://pokee.si/moves/venoshock), [Hidden Power](https://pokee.si/moves/hidden-power), [Sunny Day](https://pokee.si/moves/sunny-day), [Hyper Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-beam), [Light Screen](https://pokee.si/moves/light-screen), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Roost](https://pokee.si/moves/roost), [Frustration](https://pokee.si/moves/frustration), [Solar Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/solar-beam), [Return](https://pokee.si/moves/return), [Psychic](https://pokee.si/moves/psychic), [Shadow Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/shadow-ball), [Double Team](https://pokee.si/moves/double-team), [Sludge Bomb](https://pokee.si/moves/sludge-bomb), [Aerial Ace](https://pokee.si/moves/aerial-ace), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Attract](https://pokee.si/moves/attract), [Thief](https://pokee.si/moves/thief), [Round](https://pokee.si/moves/round), [Energy Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/energy-ball), [Acrobatics](https://pokee.si/moves/acrobatics), [Giga Impact](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-impact), [Infestation](https://pokee.si/moves/infestation), [Swagger](https://pokee.si/moves/swagger), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [U-turn](https://pokee.si/moves/u-turn), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Confide](https://pokee.si/moves/confide).

Move tutor moves (8): [Bug Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bug-bite), [Defog](https://pokee.si/moves/defog), [Electroweb](https://pokee.si/moves/electroweb), [Giga Drain](https://pokee.si/moves/giga-drain), [Laser Focus](https://pokee.si/moves/laser-focus), [Signal Beam](https://pokee.si/moves/signal-beam), [Snore](https://pokee.si/moves/snore), [Tailwind](https://pokee.si/moves/tailwind).

## Breeding & training

- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Bug.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Def effort values.
- Base experience yield: 173.

## Pokédex entries

Tends to be drawn to bonfires on dark nights. Difficult to chase away from settlements because of the way it scatters highly toxic scales. *(Legends: Arceus)*

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. *(Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)*

Dustox is instinctively drawn to light. Swarms of this Pokémon are attracted by the bright lights of cities, where they wreak havoc by stripping the leaves off roadside trees for food. *(Ruby, Omega Ruby)*

It violently flutters its wings to scatter toxic dust when attacked. It becomes active after sunset. *(Pearl, Y)*

A nocturnal Pokémon. Drawn by streetlights, they messily eat the leaves of trees lining boulevards. *(Diamond, X)*

Toxic powder is scattered with each flap. At night, it is known to strip leaves off trees lining boulevards. *(Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)*

## Names around the world

- **Japanese**: ドクケイル
- **Romaji**: Dokucale
- **French**: Papinox
- **German**: Pudox
- **Spanish**: Dustox
- **Italian**: Dustox
- **Korean**: 독케일
- **Chinese (Simplified)**: 毒粉蛾
- **Chinese (Traditional)**: 毒粉蛾

## Trivia

- Fastest Poison type in Gen 3: 65 Speed, shared with 2 others.
- Highest Sp. Def among Poison types in Gen 3: 90.
- Highest Sp. Def among Bug types in Gen 3: 90.
- Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
- Heavier than 54% of all Pokémon (31.6 kg).
- Base stat total 385, ranked #653 of 1,025.
- One of 12 Pokémon that are both Bug and Poison.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 18 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
- Part of an evolution family of 5 Pokémon.
- Can learn 47 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
- Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 9 distinct Pokédex entries.

## Sources and fact-checking

- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Dustox (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dustox_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Dustox (Sword/Shield Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/dustox/).
- Pronunciation (DUS-toks): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

**Last checked:** 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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