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 animeIn the mangaIn the TCGGame data
Pokédex entries
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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The dust-like scales covering its wings are color coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has.
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Blue
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Yellow
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The powdery scales on its wings are hard to remove. They also contain poison that leaks out on contact.
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Stadium
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The powder on its wings is poisonous. It scatters the powder with every flap, so you may be poisoned if you are downwind.
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Generation II
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Gold
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When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
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Silver
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The powder on its wings is poisonous if it is dark in color. If it is light, it causes paralysis.
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Crystal
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The scales it scatters will paralyze anyone who touches them, making that person unable to stand.
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Stadium 2
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When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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Venomoth is nocturnal - it is a Pokémon that only becomes active at night. Its favorite prey are small insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.
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Sapphire
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Emerald
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Venomoth are nocturnal — they only are active at night. Their favorite prey are insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.
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FireRed
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The wings are covered with dustlike scales. Every time it flaps its wings, it looses highly toxic dust.
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LeafGreen
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The dustlike scales covering its wings are color-coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
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SoulSilver
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The powder on its wings is poisonous if it is dark in hue. If it is light in hue, it causes paralysis.
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Generation V
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Black
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It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
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White
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Black 2
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It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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The scales it scatters will paralyze anyone who touches them, making that person unable to stand.
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Y
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The wings are covered with dustlike scales. Every time it flaps its wings, it looses highly toxic dust.
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Omega Ruby
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Venomoth is nocturnal—it is a Pokémon that only becomes active at night. Its favorite prey are small insects that gather around streetlights, attracted by the light in the darkness.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Game locations
In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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70
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130 - 177
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250 - 344
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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90
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85 - 156
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166 - 306
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Total: 450
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 90.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- 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 level-up moves from other generations
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- 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
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Venomoth in Generation VI
- 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
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Venomoth can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Venomoth cannot be tutored the move 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 Move Tutor moves from other generations
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- 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 moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- 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.
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