NOMEN: Trichoptera Kirby 1813 [W. Kirby Trichoptera, a new order of insects proposed and the characters of the order with those of genera, laid down. - Transactions of the Linnean Society, London, 1913, vol. 9: 86-123.]
τριχος (hair) - πτερον (wing) (Kirby & Spense 1826: vol.14: 369)
ORIGINAL LISTED MEMBERSHIP (Kirby
1813): Phryganea 
JUNIOR CIRCUMSCRIPTIONAL SYNONYMS:
= Gnathostoma Leach 1815
= Plicipennes Latreille 1817
= Lophiacera Billberg 1820
= Trichopterida Pearce 1936
TYPIFIED NAME IN BASIC FORMAT: Phryganea/fg
TYPIFIED NAMES IN USE: Phryganites, Phryganida, Phryganidia, Phryganeoides, Phryganina, Phryganidae, Phryganeodea, Phryganinae, Phryganeides, Phryganodea, Phryganeidae, Phryganaria, Phryganoidea, Phrydaneida
MODERN
STATUS: 
the valid, the
oldest name of a generally accepted, holophyletic taxon.
Systematic
position of Trichoptera:
| Amphiesmenoptera Trichoptera Lepidoptera |