Term Name: adult chitin-based cuticle development
Synonyms: adult chitin-based cuticle anabolism, adult chitin-based cuticle biosynthetic process, adult chitin-based cuticle formation, adult chitin-based cuticle synthesis, adult cuticle anabolism, adult cuticle biosynthetic process, adult cuticle formation, adult cuticle synthesis
Definition: Synthesis and deposition of the chitin-based cuticle of adults following the apolysis of the pupal cuticle. The adult insect cuticle contains cuticullin, a protein epicuticle and a lamellate procuticle. An example of this process is adult chitin-based cuticle development in Drosophila melanogaster.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0008365]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: adult chitin-based cuticle pattern formation
is a type of: chitin-based cuticle development