Venomoth

The Poison Moth Pokémon
#049 - Venomoth
Pre-Evolve	Venonat
Debut	Pokémon: Red Version Pokémon: Green Version
Species Info
Type	+ +
Height	1.5 m (4'11")
Weight	12.5 kg (27.6 lbs.)
Color	Purple
Gender Ratio	1♂ : 1♀
Ability	Shield Dust / Tinted Lens
Hidden Ability	Wonder Skin
Egg Group	Bug
Icon		Sprite
		File:049sprite.png
Footprint
30px
Base Statistics
Hit Points	70	Speed	90
Attack	65	Sp. Attack	90
Defense	60	Sp. Defense	75
Training Info
Catch Rate	075	Hatch Steps	5,120
Base Exp.	138	Effort Points	Spe
Happiness	70		SpA
To Lv.100	Normal

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Venomoth is the moth-like evolved form of Venonat that was introduced in the first generation games.

Information

Venomoth evolves from Venonat at Level 31. Its wings are covered in powdery, dustlike scales that are hard to remove and color-coded to indicate the kinds of poison it kinds, with said poison leaking out on contact. This powder is poisonous if dark or causes paralysis if light. It usually attacks by flapping its wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.

It is actually a nocturnal Pokémon. Its primary prey are insects that are attracted to bright streetlights in the darkness.

Gen		Game	Pokédex entry
I		Red	The dustlike scales covering its wings are color-coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has.
		Blue
		Yellow	The powdery scales on its wings are hard to remove. They also contain poison that leaks out on contact.
		Stadium	The powder on its wings is poisonous. It scatters the powder with every flap, so you may be poisoned if you are downwind.
II		Gold	When it attacks, it flaps its large wings violently to scatter its poisonous powder all around.
		Silver	The powder on its wings is poisonous if it is dark in color. If it is light, it causes paralysis.
		Crystal	The scales it scatters will paralyze anyone who touches them, making that person unable to stand.
III		Ruby	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.
		Sapphire	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.
		Emerald	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.
		FireRed	The wings are covered with dustlike scales. Every time it flaps its wings, it looses highly toxic dust.
		LeafGreen	The dustlike scales covering its wings are color-coded to indicate the kinds of poison it has.
IV		Diamond	It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
		Pearl	It flutters its wings to scatter dustlike scales. The scales leach toxins if they contact skin.
		Platinum

Appearances

Mainstream Games

In Pokémon: Red and Blue Versions, Venomoth is uncommonly found at the Safari Zone, Victory Road and Cerulean Cave. In Yellow, it is more rarely found at Routes 14 and 15 as well as Cerulean Cave. In FireRed and LeafGreen, it can only be found at the Safari Zone and Berry Forest.

In Gold, Silver, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Venomoth could be caught on Routes 24 and 25 only at night. In Crystal, they were still nocturnal but instead appeared at Routes 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 43.

In Diamond, Pearl and Platinum, Venomoth could appear on Route 229 when the Poké Radar was used.

Other Games

Venomoth could be obtained in Pokémon Pinball only by evolving Venonat. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, a Shadow Venomoth could be snagged from Cipher Peon Agnic at Cipher Key Lair. Once purified, this Venomoth could be traded to any of the third generation Pokémon color versions. Venomoth also appeared in Pokémon Trozei!, where it could be found at Secret Storage 1, Huge Storage 4, Endless Level 57 and Mr. Who's Den.

It could only be obtained through evolution in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Teams, but in Explorers of Time and Darkess it appeared at the eighth through fourteenth floors of Mt. Horn, the first twelve basement floors of Landslide Cave and the first nineteen floors of Mt. Mistral. Venomoth also appeared in Pokémon Rumble at the Silent Forest.

Other Appearances

In Other Media

• In the Pokémon anime, Koga's Venonat evolved into a Venomoth during his battle with Ash. It only briefly fought his Pidgeotto, however, due to Team Rocket interfering. Various other Venomoth have also made appearances throughout the series, such as one that was used by Ash's opponent in the Ever Grande Conference, Katie, which Ash's Swellow was able to defeat. Jessie of Team Rocket also dressed up like Venomoth in one episode in a failed attempt to lure in Bug-type Pokémon.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, one early chapter showed Blue defeating a wild Venomoth but not catching it due to already having one. In later chapters, Sabrina was shown to have her own Venomoth that she used in her battle against Lorelei.

Trivia

• Its name is a combination of "venom" and "moth".