pupal chitin-based cuticle development

id: GO:0008364
name: pupal chitin-based cuticle development
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Synthesis and deposition of a chitin-based pupal cuticle. At the end of the prepupal period the insect is covered by the pupal cuticle which continues to be elaborated into the pupal period. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.

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