part_of part of part of molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle chitin-based cuticle development cuticle development cuticle development involved in chitin-based cuticle molting cycle GO:0042337 The synthesis and deposition of a chitin-based non-cellular, hardened, or membranous secretion from an epithelial sheet, occurring as part of the molting cycle. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster. biological_process